Shōhei Imamura
Shōhei Imamura (Tokyo, 15 September 1926 – 30 May 2006) was a Japanese film director. Imamura was the first Japanese director to win two Palme d'Or awards, but was never Oscar nominated for any category. His eldest son Daisuke Tengan is also a script writer and film director, and worked on the screenplays to Imamura's films The Eel (1997), Dr. Akagi (1998), Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (2001) and 11'9"01 September 11 (2002).
Known for
DirectingBirthday
September 15, 1926Deathday
May 30, 2006Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
54Place of birth
Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, JapanAlso known as
Shohei Imamura, 今村 昌平, 今村昌平, 이마무라 쇼헤이, Сёхэй Имамура, Shōhei Imamura, Shouhei Imamura, Shôhei Imamura
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11'09''01 September 11
Director
The Eel
Writer, Director
Pigs and Battleships
Director
The Ballad of Narayama
Screenplay, Director
Why Not?
Director, Producer, Screenplay
Vengeance Is Mine
Director
The Pornographers
Director, Producer, Screenplay
The Insect Woman
Director, Writer
Endless Desire
Director, Screenplay
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
Director, Screenplay
Nishi Ginza Station
Director, Screenplay
Stolen Desire
Director
Dr. Akagi
Writer, Director
My Second Brother
Director, Screenplay
Intentions of Murder
Director, Screenplay
Profound Desires of the Gods
Director, Writer
A Man Vanishes
Director, Producer
The Youth Killer
Producer
History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess
Writer, Director
The Pirates of Buban
Director, Writer
Following the Unreturned Soldiers: Malaysia
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