Shohei Imamura
Shōhei Imamura was a Japanese film director. His main interest as a filmmaker lay in the depiction of the lower strata of Japanese society. 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).
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September 11
director
2002
2009: Lost Memories
actor
2002
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
director
2001
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
writer
2001
Dr. Akagi
writer
1998
Dr. Akagi
director
1998
The Eel
director
1997
The Eel
writer
1997
Black Rain
director
1989
Black Rain
writer
1989
Zegen
director
1987
Zegen
writer
1987
I Lived, But...
actor
1983
The Ballad of Narayama
director
1983
The Ballad of Narayama
writer
1983
Eijanaika
director
1981
Eijanaika
writer
1981
Vengeance Is Mine
director
1979
The Pirates of Buban
actor
1972
The Pirates of Buban
director
1972
The Pirates of Buban
writer
1972
Profound Desires of the Gods
director
1968
Profound Desires of the Gods
writer
1968
A Man Vanishes
director
1967
A Man Vanishes
actor
1967
The Pornographers
director
1966
The Pornographers
writer
1966
Intentions of Murder
director
1964
Intentions of Murder
writer
1964
The Insect Woman
writer
1963
The Insect Woman
director
1963
The Gambling Monk
writer
1963
Foundry Town
writer
1962
Pigs and Battleships
director
1961
My Second Brother
director
1959
My Second Brother
writer
1959
Endless Desire
director
1958
Endless Desire
writer
1958
Stolen Desire
director
1958
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
writer
1957
The Balloon
writer
1956