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Shōhei Imamura

Known For
Directing

Known Credits
9

Gender
Male

Birthday
September 15, 1926 (99 years old)

Place of Birth
Tokyo, Japan

Shōhei Imamura

Biography

Shōhei Imamura (15 September 1926 – 30 May 2006) was a Japanese film director. He was the first Japanese director to win two Palme d'Or awards, but was never Oscar-nominated in any category.

Known For

Directing

2002Wives in 30's to 50's...Second Assistant Director
2002September 11...Director
2001Warm Water Under a Red Bridge...Director
1998Dr. Akagi...Director
1997The Eel...Director
1989Black Rain...Director
1987Zegen...Director
1983The Ballad of Narayama...Director
1981Eijanaika...Director
1979Vengeance Is Mine...Director
1973Fantasia...Director
1973Karayuki-San, the Making of a Prostitute...Director
1973Outlaw-Matsu Comes Home...Director
1972Oreno Shimokita...Director
1972The Pirates of Buban...Director
1971Following the Unreturned Soldier: Thailand...Director
1970History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess...Director
1970Following the Unreturned Soldiers: Malaysia...Director
1968Profound Desires of the Gods...Director
1967A Man Vanishes...Director
1966The Pornographers...Director
1964Intentions of Murder...Director
1963The Insect Woman...Director
1961Pigs and Battleships...Director
1959My Second Brother...Director
1958Endless Desire...Director
1958Nishi Ginza Station...Director
1958Stolen Desire...Director
1957Mountain Pass...Assistant Director
1957A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era...Assistant Director
1956Hungry Soul...Assistant Director
1956Our Town...Second Assistant Director
1956Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District...Assistant Director
1956The Balloon...Assistant Director
1955Tales of Ginza...Assistant Director
1955Till We Meet Again...First Assistant Director
1955Burden of Love...First Assistant Director
1955The Moon Has Risen...Assistant Director
1953Tokyo Story...Second Assistant Director
1952The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice...Assistant Director
1951Early Summer...Assistant Director

Writing

2001Warm Water Under a Red Bridge...Screenplay
1998Dr. Akagi...Screenplay
1997The Eel...Screenplay
1989Black Rain...Screenplay
1987Zegen...Writer
1983The Ballad of Narayama...Screenplay
1981Eijanaika...Screenplay
1972The Pirates of Buban...Writer
1970History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess...Writer
1968Profound Desires of the Gods...Screenplay
1968East China Sea...Writer
1968Neon taiheiki...Writer
1966The Pornographers...Screenplay
1964Intentions of Murder...Screenplay
1963The Insect Woman...Writer
1963The Gambling Monk...Screenplay
1963A Modern Samurai Village...Screenplay
1962Foundry Town...Screenplay
1959My Second Brother...Screenplay
1958Endless Desire...Screenplay
1958Nishi Ginza Station...Screenplay
1957A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era...Screenplay
1956The Balloon...Screenplay

Production

1989Black Rain...Executive Producer
1987The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On...Associate Producer
1986Have You Seen the Barefoot God?...Producer
1981Eijanaika...Producer
1976The Youth Killer...Producer
1968East China Sea...Producer
1967A Man Vanishes...Producer
1966The Pornographers...Producer

Acting

2011Japanese Cinema: New Territoriesas Self (archive footage)
20022009: Lost Memoriesas Historian
1995Shohei Imamura: The Free Thinkeras Himself
1983I Lived, But...as Self
1973Karayuki-San, the Making of a Prostituteas Himself
1973Outlaw-Matsu Comes Homeas Himself
1972Oreno Shimokitaas Self
1972The Pirates of Bubanas Himself
1967A Man Vanishesas Self