Shohei Imamura
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Writer 18 /
Actor 4
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1956 – 2002
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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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🎬 Movies
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
writer
1964
Intentions of Murder
director
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