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Full Name
Shōhei Imamura

Gender
Male

Date of Birth
9/15/1926

Date of Death
5/30/2006

Shōhei Imamura

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.

The Eel

Directing

2002

Wives in 30's to 50's

Second Assistant Director

2002

September 11

Director

2001

Warm Water Under a Red Bridge

Director

1998

Dr. Akagi

Director

1997

The Eel

Director

1989

Black Rain

Director

1987

Zegen

Director

1983

The Ballad of Narayama

Director

1981

Eijanaika

Director

1979

Vengeance Is Mine

Director

1973

Fantasia

Director

1972

The Pirates of Buban

Director

1970

History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess

Director

1968

Profound Desires of the Gods

Director

1967

A Man Vanishes

Director

1966

The Pornographers

Director

1964

Intentions of Murder

Director

1963

The Insect Woman

Director

1961

Pigs and Battleships

Director

1959

My Second Brother

Director

1958

Endless Desire

Director

1958

Nishi Ginza Station

Director

1958

Stolen Desire

Director

1957

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era

Assistant Director

1956

Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District

Assistant Director

1956

The Balloon

Assistant Director

1955

Till We Meet Again

First Assistant Director

1955

The Moon Has Risen

Assistant Director

1953

Tokyo Story

Second Assistant Director

1952

The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice

Assistant Director

1951

Early Summer

Assistant Director

Writing

2001

Warm Water Under a Red Bridge

Screenplay

1998

Dr. Akagi

Writer

1997

The Eel

Writer

1989

Black Rain

Screenplay

1987

Zegen

Writer

1983

The Ballad of Narayama

Screenplay

1981

Eijanaika

Screenplay

1972

The Pirates of Buban

Writer

1970

History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess

Writer

1968

Profound Desires of the Gods

Writer

1968

Neon taiheiki

Writer

1966

The Pornographers

Screenplay

1964

Intentions of Murder

Screenplay

1963

The Insect Woman

Writer

1962

Foundry Town

Screenplay

1959

My Second Brother

Screenplay

1958

Endless Desire

Screenplay

1958

Nishi Ginza Station

Screenplay

1957

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era

Screenplay

1956

The Balloon

Screenplay

Production

1989

Black Rain

Executive Producer

1987

The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On

Associate Producer

1986

Have You Seen the Barefoot God?

Producer

1981

Eijanaika

Producer

1976

The Youth Killer

Producer

1967

A Man Vanishes

Producer

1966

The Pornographers

Producer

Acting

2002

2009: Lost Memories

Historian

1983

I Lived, But...

Self

1972

The Pirates of Buban

Himself

1967

A Man Vanishes

Self

Shōhei Imamura

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.