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).
2009: Lost Memories
as uncreditedThere are breakpoints in the history, the result of a single event may change the whole course....
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I Lived, But...
as SelfAn extremely lovely tribute to Ozu, on the 20th anniversary of his death. It uses a combination...
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A Man Vanishes
as SelfA Man Vanishes examines the concept of Johatsu, tackling the phenomenon of people missing in...
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Outlaw-Matsu Returns Home
as Himself“In Search of Unreturned Soldiers was about former soldiers of the Japanese army who chose not...
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The Pirates of Buban
as HimselfBy going to the Philippines, Imamura comes to meet people living in an extreme poverty. He...
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Karayuki-San, the Making of a Prostitute
as HimselfKarayuki-san, the Making of a Prostitute is a 1975 Japanese film by director Shohei Imamura. It...
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Shohei Imamura: The Free Thinker
as HimselfDocumentary about Japanese film director Shohei Imamura.
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