Shōhei Imamura

Known for: Directing
Born: September 15, 1926, Tokyo, Japan
Died: May 30, 2006
Movies: 44

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.

Best-Known Movies

7.5

The Ballad of Narayama

1983

7.5

Vengeance Is Mine

1979

7.6

Black Rain

1989

6.9

The Eel

1997

6.4

September 11

2002

6.2

2009: Lost Memories

2002

7.2

The Insect Woman

1963

7.4

Profound Desires of the Gods

1968

7.1

Pigs and Battleships

1961

7.3

The Pornographers

1966

Filmography

2011	Japanese Cinema: New Territories	Self (archive footage)
2002	2009: Lost Memories	Historian
1995	Shohei Imamura: The Freethinker	Himself
1983	I Lived, But...	Self
1973	Outlaw-Matsu Comes Home	Himself
1973	Karayuki-San, the Making of a Prostitute	Himself
1972	The Pirates of Buban	Himself
1972	My Shimokita	Self
1967	A Man Vanishes	Self

Directing, Writing & Producing

2002	September 11	Director
2001	Warm Water Under a Red Bridge	Director, Screenplay
1998	Dr. Akagi	Director, Screenplay
1997	The Eel	Director, Screenplay
1989	Black Rain	Screenplay, Director
1987	Zegen	Director, Writer
1986	Have You Seen the Barefoot God?	Producer
1983	The Ballad of Narayama	Director, Screenplay
1981	Eijanaika	Director, Producer, Screenplay
1979	Vengeance Is Mine	Director
1976	The Youth Killer	Producer
1973	Outlaw-Matsu Comes Home	Director
1973	Karayuki-San, the Making of a Prostitute	Director
1972	The Pirates of Buban	Director, Writer
1972	My Shimokita	Director
1971	Following the Unreturned Soldier: Thailand	Director
1970	History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess	Writer, Director
1970	Following the Unreturned Soldiers: Malaysia	Director
1968	Profound Desires of the Gods	Director, Screenplay
1968	East China Sea	Producer, Writer
1968	The Neon Taiheiki	Writer
1967	A Man Vanishes	Director, Producer
1966	The Pornographers	Director, Producer, Screenplay
1964	Intentions of Murder	Director, Screenplay
1963	The Insect Woman	Director, Writer
1963	The Gambling Monk	Screenplay
1963	A Modern Samurai Village	Screenplay
1962	Foundry Town	Screenplay
1961	Pigs and Battleships	Director
1959	My Second Brother	Director, Screenplay
1958	Endless Desire	Director, Screenplay
1958	Nishi Ginza Station	Director, Screenplay
1958	Stolen Desire	Director
1957	A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era	Screenplay
1956	The Balloon	Screenplay

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