Person Details

Birthday: 1926-09-15 04:23:37

Death: 2006-05-30 04:23:37

Aliases: Shohei Imamura , 今村 昌平 , 今村昌平 , 이마무라 쇼헤이 , Сёхэй Имамура

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

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Movie Involvements: 72

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Shōhei Imamura, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. ​

Most Famous Work

Tokyo Story
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Tokyo Story

(1953) Second Assistant Director
The Ballad of Narayama
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7

The Ballad of Narayama

(1983) Screenplay
Early Summer
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Early Summer

(1951) Assistant Director
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
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7

Warm Water Under a Red Bridge

(2001) Screenplay
11'09''01 September 11
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7

11'09''01 September 11

(2002) Director
Black Rain
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Black Rain

(1989) Writer
Vengeance Is Mine
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8

Vengeance Is Mine

(1979) Director
The Insect Woman
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7

The Insect Woman

(1963) Writer

Acting

Directing

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1951 Assistant Director
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