Shōhei Imamura
Directing • AGE 79
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
Japanese Cinema: New Territories
Self (archive footage)
2011
September 11
Director
2002
2009: Lost Memories
Historian
2002
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
Director
2001
Dr. Akagi
Director
1998
The Eel
Director
1997
Shohei Imamura: The Free Thinker
Himself
1995
Black Rain
Screenplay
1989
The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On
Associate Producer
1987
Zegen
Director
1987
Have You Seen the Barefoot God?
Producer
1986
I Lived, But...
Self
1983
The Ballad of Narayama
Director
1983
Eijanaika
Director
1981
Vengeance Is Mine
Director
1979
The Youth Killer
Producer
1976
Outlaw-Matsu Comes Home
Himself
1973
Karayuki-San, the Making of a Prostitute
Himself
1973
The Pirates of Buban
Himself
1972
Oreno Shimokita
Self
1972
Following the Unreturned Soldier: Thailand
Director
1971
History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess
Director
1970
Following the Unreturned Soldiers: Malaysia
Director
1970
Profound Desires of the Gods
Director
1968
East China Sea
Writer
1968
Neon taiheiki
Writer
1968
A Man Vanishes
Self
1967
The Pornographers
Director
1966
Intentions of Murder
Director
1964
The Insect Woman
Director
1963
The Gambling Monk
Screenplay
1963
A Modern Samurai Village
Screenplay
1963
Foundry Town
Screenplay
1962
Pigs and Battleships
Director
1961
My Second Brother
Director
1959
Endless Desire
Director
1958
Nishi Ginza Station
Director
1958
Stolen Desire
Director
1958
Mountain Pass
Assistant Director
1957
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
Assistant Director
1957
Hungry Soul
Assistant Director
1956
Our Town
Second Assistant Director
1956
Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District
Assistant Director
1956
The Balloon
Screenplay
1956
Tales of Ginza
Assistant Director
1955
Till We Meet Again
First Assistant Director
1955
Burden of Love
First Assistant Director
1955
The Moon Has Risen
Assistant Director
1955
Tokyo Story
Second Assistant Director
1953
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
Assistant Director
1952
Early Summer
Assistant Director
1951