Person

Shōhei Imamura

Directing · 1926-09-15 · † 2006-05-30 · Tokyo, Japan

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 (52)

Year	Film	As
2002	September 11	director
2001	Warm Water Under a Red Bridge	Screenplay
2001	Warm Water Under a Red Bridge	Director
1998	Dr. Akagi	writer
1998	Dr. Akagi	director
1997	The Eel	Screenplay
1997	The Eel	Director
1989	Black Rain	writer
1989	Black Rain	director
1987	Zegen	director
1987	Zegen	writer
1986	Have You Seen the Barefoot God?	producer
1983	I Lived, But...	Self
1983	The Ballad of Narayama	Screenplay
1983	The Ballad of Narayama	Director
1981	Why Not?	writer
1981	Why Not?	director
1981	Why Not?	producer
1979	Vengeance Is Mine	Director
1976	The Youth Killer	producer
1975	Karayuki-san, the Making of a Prostitute	Self
1975	Karayuki-san, the Making of a Prostitute	director
1973	Fantasia	director
1970	History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess	writer
1970	History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess	director
1968	Profound Desires of the Gods	director
1968	Neon taiheiki	writer
1968	East China Sea	screenplay
1968	Profound Desires of the Gods	writer
1967	A Man Vanishes	Shôhei Imamura
1967	A Man Vanishes	director
1966	The Pornographers	screenplay
1966	The Pornographers	director
1966	The Pornographers	producer
1964	Intentions of Murder	director
1964	Intentions of Murder	writer
1963	Keirin shônin gyôjyôki	writer
1963	The Insect Woman	director
1963	The Insect Woman	screenplay by
1963	Samurai no ko	writer
1962	Foundry Town	screenplay
1961	Pigs and Battleships	director
1959	My Second Brother	writer
1959	My Second Brother	director
1958	Nishi Ginza Station	director
1958	Endless Desire	screenplay
1958	Endless Desire	director
1958	Stolen Desire	director
1958	Nishi Ginza Station	writer
1957	Sun in the Last Days of the Shogunate	screenplay
1956	The Balloon	screenplay
1953	Tokyo Story	Second Assistant Director