Shōhei Imamura
Born: 1926-09-15 in Tokyo, Japan
Died: 2006-05-30
Known For: Directing
Biography
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
2011
- Japanese Cinema: New Territories as Self (archive footage)
2002
- 2009: Lost Memories as Historian
- September 11 ... (Director)
- Wives in 30's to 50's ... (Second Assistant Director)
2001
- Warm Water Under a Red Bridge ... (Director)
1998
- Dr. Akagi ... (Director)
1997
- The Eel ... (Director)
1995
- Shohei Imamura: The Free Thinker as Himself
1989
- Black Rain ... (Screenplay)
1987
- The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On ... (Associate Producer)
- Zegen ... (Director)
1986
- Have You Seen the Barefoot God? ... (Producer)
1983
- The Ballad of Narayama ... (Director)
- I Lived, But... as Self
1981
- Eijanaika ... (Director)
1979
- Vengeance Is Mine ... (Director)
1976
- The Youth Killer ... (Producer)
1973
- Outlaw-Matsu Comes Home as Himself
- Fantasia ... (Director)
- Karayuki-San, the Making of a Prostitute as Himself
1972
- The Pirates of Buban as Himself
- Oreno Shimokita as Self
1971
- Following the Unreturned Soldier: Thailand ... (Director)
1970
- History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess ... (Writer)
- Following the Unreturned Soldiers: Malaysia ... (Director)
1968
- Profound Desires of the Gods ... (Director)
- East China Sea ... (Producer)
- Neon taiheiki ... (Writer)
1967
- A Man Vanishes as Self
1966
- The Pornographers ... (Director)
1964
- Intentions of Murder ... (Director)
1963
- The Insect Woman ... (Director)
- A Modern Samurai Village ... (Screenplay)
- The Gambling Monk ... (Screenplay)
1962
- Foundry Town ... (Screenplay)
1961
- Pigs and Battleships ... (Director)
1959
- My Second Brother ... (Director)
1958
- Endless Desire ... (Director)
- Stolen Desire ... (Director)
- Nishi Ginza Station ... (Director)
1957
- A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era ... (Assistant Director)
- Mountain Pass ... (Assistant Director)
1956
- Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District ... (Assistant Director)
- The Balloon ... (Screenplay)
- Our Town ... (Second Assistant Director)
- Hungry Soul ... (Assistant Director)
1955
- Till We Meet Again ... (First Assistant Director)
- Tales of Ginza ... (Assistant Director)
- The Moon Has Risen ... (Assistant Director)
- Burden of Love ... (First Assistant Director)
1953
- Tokyo Story ... (Second Assistant Director)
1952
- The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice ... (Assistant Director)
1951
- Early Summer ... (Assistant Director)