Shōhei Imamura

Shōhei Imamura

Shōhei Imamura (Tokyo, 15 September 1926 – 30 May 2006) was a Japanese film director. Imamura was the first Japanese director to win two Palme d'or awards, but was never Oscar nominated for any category. His eldest son Daisuke Tengan is also a script writer and film director, and worked on the screenplays to Imamura's films, The Eel (1997), Dr. Akagi (1998) Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (2001) and 11'9"01 September 11 (2002).

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Movies Made by Shōhei Imamura (46)

September 11 (2002)

Director

Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (2001)

Director

Dr. Akagi (1998)

Director

The Eel (1997)

Director

Black Rain (1989)

Director

The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On (1987)

Associate Producer

Zegen (1987)

Director

Have You Seen the Barefoot God? (1986)

Producer

The Ballad of Narayama (1983)

Director

Eijanaika (1981)

Director

Vengeance Is Mine (1979)

Director

The Youth Killer (1976)

Producer

Karayuki-San, the Making of a Prostitute (1973)

Director

Outlaw-Matsu Comes Home (1973)

Director

Oreno Shimokita (1972)

Director

The Pirates of Buban (1972)

Director

Following the Unreturned Soldier: Thailand (1971)

Director

History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess (1970)

Director

Following the Unreturned Soldiers: Malaysia (1970)

Director

Profound Desires of the Gods (1968)

Director

East China Sea (1968)

Producer

Neon taiheiki (1968)

Writer

A Man Vanishes (1967)

Director

The Pornographers (1966)

Director

Intentions of Murder (1964)

Director

The Insect Woman (1963)

Director

The Gambling Monk (1963)

Screenplay

A Modern Samurai Village (1963)

Screenplay

Foundry Town (1962)

Screenplay

Pigs and Battleships (1961)

Director

My Second Brother (1959)

Director

Endless Desire (1958)

Director

Nishi Ginza Station (1958)

Director

Stolen Desire (1958)

Director

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era (1957)

Assistant Director

Hungry Soul (1956)

Assistant Director

Our Town (1956)

Second Assistant Director

Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District (1956)

Assistant Director

The Balloon (1956)

Assistant Director

Tales of Ginza (1955)

Assistant Director

Till We Meet Again (1955)

First Assistant Director

Burden of Love (1955)

First Assistant Director

The Moon Has Risen (1955)

Assistant Director

Tokyo Story (1953)

Second Assistant Director

The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice (1952)

Assistant Director

Early Summer (1951)

Assistant Director

Movies starring Shōhei Imamura (9)

Japanese Cinema: New Territories (2011)

Self (Archive Footage)

2009: Lost Memories (2002)

Historian

Shohei Imamura: The Free Thinker (1995)

Himself

I Lived, But... (1983)

Self

Karayuki-San, the Making of a Prostitute (1973)

Himself

Outlaw-Matsu Comes Home (1973)

Himself

Oreno Shimokita (1972)

Self

The Pirates of Buban (1972)

Himself

A Man Vanishes (1967)

Self

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