- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- September 15, 1926
- Place of Birth
- Tokyo, Japan
- Died
- May 30, 2006
Shōhei Imamura
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.
Filmography
movieJapanese Cinema: New Territories
2011 · Self (archive footage)
Wives in 30's to 50's
movieWives in 30's to 50's
2002 · Second Assistant Director
movieSeptember 11
2002 · Director
movie2009: Lost Memories
2002 · Historian
movieWarm Water Under a Red Bridge
2001 · Director, Screenplay
movieDr. Akagi
1998 · Director, Screenplay
movieThe Eel
1997 · Director, Screenplay
movieShohei Imamura: The Free Thinker
1995 · Himself
movieBlack Rain
1989 · Screenplay, Director, Executive Producer
movieThe Emperor's Naked Army Marches On
1987 · Associate Producer
movieZegen
1987 · Director, Writer
movieHave You Seen the Barefoot God?
1986 · Producer
movieI Lived, But...
1983 · Self
movieThe Ballad of Narayama
1983 · Screenplay, Director
movieEijanaika
1981 · Director, Producer, Screenplay
movieVengeance Is Mine
1979 · Director
movieThe Youth Killer
1976 · Producer
Fantasia
movieFantasia
1973 · Director
movieOutlaw-Matsu Comes Home
1973 · Himself, Director
movieKarayuki-San, the Making of a Prostitute
1973 · Himself, Director
movieThe Pirates of Buban
1972 · Himself, Director, Writer
movieOreno Shimokita
1972 · Self, Director
movieFollowing the Unreturned Soldier: Thailand
1971 · Director
movieHistory of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess
1970 · Director, Writer
movieFollowing the Unreturned Soldiers: Malaysia
1970 · Director
movieProfound Desires of the Gods
1968 · Director, Screenplay
movieEast China Sea
1968 · Producer, Writer
movieNeon taiheiki
1968 · Writer
movieA Man Vanishes
1967 · Self, Producer, Director
movieThe Pornographers
1966 · Director, Producer, Screenplay
movieIntentions of Murder
1964 · Director, Screenplay
movieThe Insect Woman
1963 · Director, Writer
movieThe Gambling Monk
1963 · Screenplay
movieA Modern Samurai Village
1963 · Screenplay
movieFoundry Town
1962 · Screenplay
moviePigs and Battleships
1961 · Director
movieMy Second Brother
1959 · Director, Screenplay
movieEndless Desire
1958 · Director, Screenplay
movieNishi Ginza Station
1958 · Director, Screenplay
movieStolen Desire
1958 · Director
movieMountain Pass
1957 · Assistant Director
movieA Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
1957 · Assistant Director, Screenplay
movieHungry Soul
1956 · Assistant Director
movieOur Town
1956 · Second Assistant Director
movieSuzaki Paradise: Red Light District
1956 · Assistant Director
movieThe Balloon
1956 · Screenplay, Assistant Director
movieTales of Ginza
1955 · Assistant Director
movieTill We Meet Again
1955 · First Assistant Director
movieBurden of Love
1955 · First Assistant Director
movieThe Moon Has Risen
1955 · Assistant Director
movieTokyo Story
1953 · Second Assistant Director
movieThe Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
1952 · Assistant Director
movieEarly Summer
1951 · Assistant Director