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Shōhei Imamura

1926 - 2006 (age 79) • Directing

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

Tokyo Story

81%

Second Assistant Director

1953

Early Summer

78%

Assistant Director

1951

The Ballad of Narayama

75%

Screenplay

1983

Vengeance Is Mine

76%

Director

1979

Black Rain

76%

Screenplay

1989

The Eel

70%

Director

1997

September 11

64%

Director

2002

The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice

75%

Assistant Director

1952

Japanese Cinema: New Territories

Self (archive footage)

2011

Wives in 30's to 50's

20%

Second Assistant Director

2002

September 11

64%

Director

2002

2009: Lost Memories

62%

Historian

2002

Warm Water Under a Red Bridge

66%

Director

2001

Warm Water Under a Red Bridge

66%

Screenplay

2001

Dr. Akagi

64%

Director

1998

Dr. Akagi

64%

Screenplay

1998

The Eel

70%

Director

1997

The Eel

70%

Screenplay

1997

Shohei Imamura: The Free Thinker

85%

Himself

1995

Black Rain

76%

Screenplay

1989

Black Rain

76%

Director

1989

Black Rain

76%

Executive Producer

1989

The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On

76%

Associate Producer

1987

Zegen

64%

Director

1987

Zegen

64%

Writer

1987

Have You Seen the Barefoot God?

60%

Producer

1986

I Lived, But...

68%

Self

1983

The Ballad of Narayama

75%

Screenplay

1983

The Ballad of Narayama

75%

Director

1983

Eijanaika

62%

Director

1981

Eijanaika

62%

Producer

1981

Eijanaika

62%

Screenplay

1981

Vengeance Is Mine

76%

Director

1979

The Youth Killer

65%

Producer

1976

Karayuki-San, the Making of a Prostitute

83%

Himself

1973

Outlaw-Matsu Comes Home

63%

Himself

1973

Filters

Department
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