Shohei Imamura
Japanese film director (1926-2006) · Japan · On the map · Directors · Died at 79
Shōhei Imamura was a Japanese film director. His main interest as a filmmaker lay in the depiction of the lower strata of Japanese society.
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Warm Water Under a Red BridgeFilm, Director, Writer1997Palme d'OrAward
The EelFilm, 1997Director, Writer1989Nikkan Sports Film Award for Best DirectorAward
Black RainFilm, 1989Director, Writer1986
Have You Seen the Barefoot God?Film, Producer1983Palme d'OrAward1981
EijanaikaFilm, Director, Writer1980Blue Ribbon Awards for Best DirectorAwardJapan Academy Prize for Director of the YearAward1976
The Youth KillerFilm, Producer1971
Following the Unreturned Soldier: ThailandFilm, Director1969Mainichi Film Award for Best ScreenplayAward1968
East China SeaFilm, Writer, Producer1966
The PornographersFilm, Director, Writer1964Blue Ribbon Awards for Best DirectorAward1963
A Modern Samurai VillageFilm, Writer1961
Pigs and BattleshipsFilm, Director1959Blue Ribbon Awards for Best NewcomerAward1958
Endless DesireFilm, Director, Writer1956
The BalloonFilm, Writer1926Born15 September 1926People around Shohei
Ken Ogata Shohei directed 11'09"01 September 11 (2002)
Mitsuko Baishō Shohei directed The Eel (1997)
Hiroyuki Nagato Shohei directed The Insect Woman (1963)
Taiji Tonoyama Shohei directed The Insect Woman (1963)
Kō Nishimura Shohei directed Unholy Desire (1964)
Tanie Kitabayashi Shohei directed The Insect Woman (1963)
Tomio Aoki Shohei directed Unholy Desire and Stolen Desire
Shoichi Ozawa Shohei directed The Eel and The Insect Woman
Kazuo Kitamura Also in The Insect Woman (1963)
Akira Emoto Shohei directed The Eel (1997)
Kin Sugai Also in A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era (1957)
Tomorowo Taguchi Shohei directed The Eel (1997)
Misa Shimizu Shohei directed The Eel and Dr. Akagi- Yoshi Katō Shohei directed Unholy Desire (1964)
Sachiko Hidari Shohei directed The Insect Woman (1963)
Rentarō Mikuni Shohei directed Vengeance Is Mine (1979)
Kumiko Asō Shohei directed 11'09"01 September 11 (2002)
Yōko Minamida Shohei directed Pigs and Battleships (1961)
Masumi Harukawa Shohei directed The Insect Woman (1963)
Sumiko Sakamoto Shohei directed Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (2001)
Etsuko Ichihara Shohei directed The Eel and Black Rain
Kazuko Shirakawa Shohei directed Vengeance Is Mine (1979)
Takeshi Katō Shohei directed Pigs and Battleships (1961)
Akiji Kobayashi Shohei directed Black Rain (1990)
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Black Rain 1989
The Ballad of Narayama 1983
Vengeance Is Mine 1979
Profound Desires of the Gods 1968
The Pornographers 1966
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A key figure in the Japanese New Wave, who continued working into the 21st century, Imamura is the only director from Japan to win two Palme d'Or awards, doing so with The Ballad of Narayama (1983) and The Eel (1997).
