Shōhei Imamura
Directing1926Tokyo, Japan
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
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.
2011Japanese Cinema: New TerritoriesMovieas Self (archive footage)
2002Wives in 30's to 50'sMovieSecond Assistant Director2002September 11MovieDirector
20022009: Lost MemoriesMovieas Historian2001Warm Water Under a Red BridgeMovieDirector · Screenplay1998Dr. AkagiMovieDirector · Screenplay1997The EelMovieDirector · Screenplay
1995Shohei Imamura: The FreethinkerMovieas Himself1989Black RainMovieScreenplay · Director · Executive Producer1987The Emperor's Naked Army Marches OnMovieAssociate Producer
1987ZegenMovieDirector · Writer
1986Have You Seen the Barefoot God?MovieProducer
1983I Lived, But...Movieas Self1983The Ballad of NarayamaMovieDirector · Screenplay
1981EijanaikaMovieDirector · Producer · Screenplay1979Vengeance Is MineMovieDirector
1976The Youth KillerMovieProducer
1973Outlaw-Matsu Comes HomeMovieas Himself · Director
1973Karayuki-San, the Making of a ProstituteMovieas Himself · Director
1972The Pirates of BubanMovieas Himself · Director · Writer
1972My ShimokitaMovieas Self · Director
1971Following the Unreturned Soldier: ThailandMovieDirector
1970History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar HostessMovieWriter · Director
1970Following the Unreturned Soldiers: MalaysiaMovieDirector1968Profound Desires of the GodsMovieDirector · Screenplay
1968East China SeaMovieProducer · Writer
1968The Neon TaiheikiMovieWriter1967A Man VanishesMovieas Self · Director · Producer1966The PornographersMovieDirector · Producer · Screenplay1964Intentions of MurderMovieDirector · Screenplay1963The Insect WomanMovieDirector · Writer
1963The Gambling MonkMovieScreenplay
1963A Modern Samurai VillageMovieScreenplay
1962Foundry TownMovieScreenplay1961Pigs and BattleshipsMovieDirector
1959My Second BrotherMovieDirector · Screenplay
1958Endless DesireMovieDirector · Screenplay
1958Nishi Ginza StationMovieDirector · Screenplay
1958Stolen DesireMovieDirector
1957Mountain PassMovieAssistant Director1957A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu EraMovieAssistant Director · Screenplay
1956Hungry SoulMovieAssistant Director
1956Our TownMovieSecond Assistant Director1956Suzaki Paradise: Red Light DistrictMovieAssistant Director
1956The BalloonMovieScreenplay · Assistant Director
1955Tales of GinzaMovieAssistant Director
1955Till We Meet AgainMovieFirst Assistant Director
1955Burden of LoveMovieFirst Assistant Director1955The Moon Has RisenMovieAssistant Director1953Tokyo StoryMovieSecond Assistant Director1952The Flavor of Green Tea Over RiceMovieAssistant Director1951Early SummerMovieAssistant Director