Shohei Imamura

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Gender	Male
Death	18 years ago
Date of birth	September 15,1926
Zodiac sign	Virgo
Born	Tokyo City
Date of died	May 30,2006
Died	Shibuya City
	Tokyo
	Japan
Spouse	Akiko Imamura
Parents	Hanjiro Imamura
Children	Daisuke Tengan
	Hirosuke Imamura
Job	Film director
	Film Producer
	Screenwriter
	Television director
Awards	Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year
	Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year
	Japan Academy Prize for Screenplay of the Year
	Mainichi Eiga Concours Award for Best Film
	Japan Academy Prize for Special Award from the Chairman
	Palme d'Or
Nationality	Japanese
Nominations	Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year
Date of Reg.	2019-02-20 18:34:05
Date of Upd.	2023-08-05 19:11:52
ID	435442

Vengeance Is Mine
The Eel
The Insect Woman
Black Rain
Pigs and Battleships
A Man Vanishes
The Pornographers
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
Intentions of Murder
The Profound Desire of the Gods
Dr. Akagi
Why Not?
Stolen Desire
Zegen
Nishi Ginza Station
My Second Brother
Endless Desire
Karayuki-san, the Making of a Prostitute
History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess
Sun in the Last Days of the Shogunate
2009: Lost Memories
Foundry Town
Eleven Minutes, Nine Seconds, One Image: September 11
The Youth Killer
In Search Of The Unreturned Soldiers In Thailand
Have You Ever Seen the Barefoot God?
Fûsen
In Search Of The Unreturned Soldiers In Malaysia
The Pirates of Bubuan
Outlaw-Matsu Comes Home
Muhomatsu Returns Home
The Ballad of Narayama

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Shohei Imamura Life story

Shōhei Imamura was a Japanese film director. His main interest as a filmmaker lay in the depiction of the lower strata of Japanese society. A key figure in the Japanese New Wave, who continued working into the 21st century, Imamura is the only director from Japan to win two Palme d'Or awards.