Shōhei Imamura

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Directing

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

• Japanese Cinema: New Territories (2011)
• Wives in 30's to 50's (2002)
• September 11 (2002)
• 2009: Lost Memories (2002)
• Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (2001)
• Dr. Akagi (1998)
• The Eel (1997)
• Shohei Imamura: The Freethinker (1995)
• Black Rain (1989)
• The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On (1987)
• Zegen (1987)
• Have You Seen the Barefoot God? (1986)
• I Lived, But... (1983)
• The Ballad of Narayama (1983)
• Eijanaika (1981)
• Vengeance Is Mine (1979)
• The Youth Killer (1976)
• Outlaw-Matsu Comes Home (1973)
• Karayuki-San, the Making of a Prostitute (1973)
• The Pirates of Buban (1972)
• My Shimokita (1972)
• Following the Unreturned Soldier: Thailand (1971)
• History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess (1970)
• Following the Unreturned Soldiers: Malaysia (1970)
• Profound Desires of the Gods (1968)
• East China Sea (1968)
• The Neon Taiheiki (1968)
• A Man Vanishes (1967)
• The Pornographers (1966)
• Intentions of Murder (1964)
• The Insect Woman (1963)
• The Gambling Monk (1963)
• A Modern Samurai Village (1963)
• Foundry Town (1962)
• Pigs and Battleships (1961)
• My Second Brother (1959)
• Endless Desire (1958)
• Nishi Ginza Station (1958)
• Stolen Desire (1958)
• Mountain Pass (1957)
• A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era (1957)
• Hungry Soul (1956)
• Our Town (1956)
• Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District (1956)
• The Balloon (1956)
• Tales of Ginza (1955)
• Till We Meet Again (1955)
• Burden of Love (1955)
• The Moon Has Risen (1955)
• Tokyo Story (1953)
• The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice (1952)
• Early Summer (1951)