Personal Info
Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
BirthdaySeptember 14, 1926 (98 years old)
Place of BirthTokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Shōhei Imamura
Biography
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).
Known For
A Man Vanishes
I Lived, But...
2009: Lost Memories
The Pirates of Buban
Outlaw-Matsu Returns Home
Karayuki-San, the Making of a Prostitute
Oreno Shimokita
Shohei Imamura: The Free Thinker
11’09”01—September 11
The Eel
The Eel
Pigs and Battleships
The Ballad of Narayama
The Ballad of Narayama
Why Not?
Vengeance Is Mine
The Pornographers
Endless Desire
The Insect Woman
The Insect Woman
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
Stolen Desire
Nishi Ginza Station
Dr. Akagi
Dr. Akagi
My Second Brother
Intentions of Murder
Profound Desires of the Gods
Profound Desires of the Gods
A Man Vanishes
A Man Vanishes
The Youth Killer
History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess
History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess
Following the Unreturned Soldiers: Malaysia
Following the Unreturned Soldier: Thailand
The Pirates of Buban
Outlaw-Matsu Returns Home
Karayuki-San, the Making of a Prostitute
Black Rain
Zegen
Black Rain
East China Sea
East China Sea
The Moon Has Risen
Oreno Shimokita
The Pornographers
A Modern Samurai Village
Neon taiheiki
Why Not?
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On
Early Summer
Endless Desire
Have You Seen the Barefoot God?
Zegen
Black Rain
The Balloon
Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District
Tokyo Story
Till We Meet Again
Intentions of Murder
Foundry Town
Hungry Soul
Why Not?
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
The Pornographers
The Gambling Monk
The Balloon
Burden of Love
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
My Second Brother
Nishi Ginza Station
Tales of Ginza
Our Town
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
The Pirates of Buban
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