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Shōhei Imamura

Directing

Shōhei Imamura

15 September 1926† 30 May 2006 (aged 79) Tokyo, Japan
Directed
26
Written
23
Produced
6
Movies
9

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.

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Known For

The Ballad of Narayama

7.51983

Vengeance Is Mine

7.51979

Black Rain

7.61989

The Eel

6.91997

September 11

6.42002

The Insect Woman

7.21963

Profound Desires of the Gods

7.41968

Pigs and Battleships

7.11961

The Pornographers

7.31966

Warm Water Under a Red Bridge

6.62001

Intentions of Murder

7.01964

Dr. Akagi

6.41998

A Man Vanishes

6.91967

Eijanaika

6.21981

Nishi Ginza Station

5.51958

Zegen

6.41987

Endless Desire

6.81958

Stolen Desire

6.71958

History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess

6.11970

My Second Brother

6.61959

September 11

6.42002

Warm Water Under a Red Bridge

6.62001

Dr. Akagi

6.41998

The Eel

6.91997

Black Rain

7.61989

Zegen

6.41987

The Ballad of Narayama

7.51983

Eijanaika

6.21981

Vengeance Is Mine

7.51979

Outlaw-Matsu Comes Home

6.31973

Karayuki-San, the Making of a Prostitute

8.21973

The Pirates of Buban

6.51972

My Shimokita

1972

Following the Unreturned Soldier: Thailand

6.31971

History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess

6.11970

Following the Unreturned Soldiers: Malaysia

6.51970

Profound Desires of the Gods

7.41968

A Man Vanishes

6.91967

The Pornographers

7.31966

Intentions of Murder

7.01964

The Insect Woman

7.21963

Pigs and Battleships

7.11961

My Second Brother

6.61959

Endless Desire

6.81958

Nishi Ginza Station

5.51958

Stolen Desire

6.71958