Shōhei Imamura
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1926-09-15 (80 years old)
Deathday
2006-05-30
Place of Birth
Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Also known As
Shohei Imamura
今村 昌平
Сёхэй Имамура
Shouhei Imamura
Shôhei Imamura
Shōhei Imamura
Biography
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).
Acting
1967
as Self
1983
as Self
2002
as Historian
1972
as Himself
1973
as Himself
1973
as Himself
1972
as Self
1995
as Himself
Production
2002
as Director
1997
as Director
1997
as Writer
1961
as Director
1979
as Director
1981
as Director
1983
as Director
1983
as Screenplay
1966
as Director
1958
as Director
1963
as Director
1963
as Writer
2001
as Director
1958
as Director
1958
as Director
1998
as Director
1998
as Writer
1964
as Director
1959
as Director
1968
as Director
1968
as Writer
1967
as Director
1967
as Producer
1976
as Producer
1970
1970
1970
as Director
1972
as Director
1971
as Director
1973
as Director
1973
as Director
1989
as Screenplay
1987
as Director
1989
as Director
1968
as Producer
1968
as Writer
1955
as Assistant Director
1972
as Director
1966
as Producer
1963
as Screenplay
1968
as Writer
1981
as Producer
1952
as Assistant Director
1987
as Associate Producer
1951
as Assistant Director
1958
as Screenplay
1986
as Producer
1987
as Writer
1989
as Executive Producer
1956
as Screenplay
1956
as Assistant Director
1953
as Second Assistant Director
1955
as First Assistant Director
1964
as Screenplay
1962
as Screenplay
1956
as Assistant Director
1981
as Screenplay
2001
as Screenplay
1966
as Screenplay
1963
as Screenplay
1955
as First Assistant Director
1957
as Assistant Director
1956
as Assistant Director
1959
as Screenplay
1958
as Screenplay
1955
as Assistant Director
1956
as Second Assistant Director
1957
as Screenplay
1972
as Writer
1957
as Assistant Director
2002
as Second Assistant Director
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