Shōhei Imamura
Directing · Director · Screenplay · Writer
Born Sep 15, 1926 · Tokyo, Japan
Active 1951–2006
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
Tokyo Story (1953) — Second Assistant DirectorEarly Summer (1951) — Assistant DirectorThe Ballad of Narayama (1983) — Director · ScreenplayVengeance Is Mine (1979) — DirectorBlack Rain (1989) — Screenplay · Director · Executive ProducerThe Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice (1952) — Assistant DirectorThe Eel (1997) — Director · ScreenplayThe Insect Woman (1963) — Director · WriterProfound Desires of the Gods (1968) — Director · ScreenplaySeptember 11 (2002) — DirectorPigs and Battleships (1961) — DirectorThe Emperor's Naked Army Marches On (1987) — Associate ProducerThe Pornographers (1966) — Director · Producer · ScreenplayIntentions of Murder (1964) — Director · Screenplay2009: Lost Memories (2002) — HistorianA Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era (1957) — Assistant Director · ScreenplayWarm Water Under a Red Bridge (2001) — Director · ScreenplaySuzaki Paradise: Red Light District (1956) — Assistant DirectorThe Moon Has Risen (1955) — Assistant DirectorA Man Vanishes (1967) — Director · ProducerEast China Sea (1968) — Producer · WriterFoundry Town (1962) — ScreenplayDr. Akagi (1998) — Director · ScreenplayThe Youth Killer (1976) — Producer