Shōhei Imamura
b. 1926 — d. 2006 (aged 80)
Tokyo
Director
Writer
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Shōhei Imamura, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
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★ 6.8
September 11
2002 Director
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★ 6.7
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
2001 Director
Writer
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★ 7.2
Dr. Akagi
1998 Director
Writer
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★ 7.3
The Eel
1997 Director
Writer
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★ 7.8
Black Rain
1989 Director
Writer
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★ 6.9
Zegen
1987 Director
Writer
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★ 7.8
The Ballad of Narayama
1983 Director
Writer
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★ 7.5
I Lived, But...
1983 Self
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★ 6.8
Why Not?
1981 Director
Writer
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★ 7.6
Vengeance Is Mine
1979 Director
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★ 7.2
Karayuki-san, the Making of a Prostitute
1975 Self
Director
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★ 7.3
Muhomatsu Returns Home
1973 Self
Director
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Fantasia
1973 Director
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★ 7.0
The Pirates of Buban
1972 Director
Writer
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★ 7.1
In Search of the Unreturned Soldiers in Thailand
1971 Self
Director
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★ 7.2
History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess
1970 Director
Writer
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★ 6.6
In Search of the Unreturned Soldiers in Malaysia
1970 Self
Director
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★ 7.5
Profound Desires of the Gods
1968 Director
Writer
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Neon taiheiki
1968 Writer
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East China Sea
1968 Writer
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★ 7.1
A Man Vanishes
1967 Actor
Director
Shôhei Imamura
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★ 7.2
The Pornographers
1966 Director
Writer
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★ 7.6
Intentions of Murder
1964 Director
Writer
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★ 7.4
The Insect Woman
1963 Director
Writer
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★ 6.8
Keirin shônin gyôjyôki
1963 Writer
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★ 6.9
Samurai no ko
1963 Writer
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★ 7.2
Foundry Town
1962 Writer
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★ 7.4
Pigs and Battleships
1961 Director
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★ 6.9
My Second Brother
1959 Director
Writer
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★ 6.8
Stolen Desire
1958 Director
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★ 7.2
Endless Desire
1958 Director
Writer
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★ 6.1
Nishi Ginza Station
1958 Director
Writer
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★ 7.2
Sun in the Last Days of the Shogunate
1957 Writer
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★ 7.2
The Balloon
1956 Writer