Shōhei Imamura
Birthday: 1926-09-15
Deathday: 2006-05-30
Birthplace: Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Gender: Male
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).
Credits
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2002-09-04 | 11’09”01—September 11 |
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2001-11-03 | Warm Water Under a Red Bridge |
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1998-05-17 | Dr. Akagi |
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1997-05-12 | The Eel |
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1989-05-13 | Black Rain |
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1987-06-02 | Zegen |
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1983-04-29 | The Ballad of Narayama |
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1981-01-08 | Why Not? |
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1979-04-21 | Vengeance Is Mine |
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1973-01-01 | Outlaw-Matsu Returns Home |
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1973-01-01 | Karayuki-San, the Making of a Prostitute |
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1972-01-01 | The Pirates of Buban |
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1972-01-01 | Oreno Shimokita |
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1971-01-01 | Following the Unreturned Soldier: Thailand |
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1970-06-03 | History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess |
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1970-01-01 | Following the Unreturned Soldiers: Malaysia |
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1968-11-22 | Profound Desires of the Gods |
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1967-07-08 | A Man Vanishes |
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1966-03-12 | The Pornographers |
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1964-06-28 | Intentions of Murder |
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1963-11-16 | The Insect Woman |
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1961-01-21 | Pigs and Battleships |
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1959-10-28 | My Second Brother |
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1958-11-18 | Endless Desire |
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1958-07-29 | Nishi Ginza Station |
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1958-05-20 | Stolen Desire |