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Shōhei Imamura

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.

Et billede af Shōhei Imamura

Directing

1951

[ ] Early Summer (Assistant Director)

1952

[ ] The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice (Assistant Director)

1953

[ 9/10 ] Tokyo Story (Second Assistant Director)

1955

[ ] The Moon Has Risen (Assistant Director)
[ ] Till We Meet Again (First Assistant Director)
[ ] Burden of Love (First Assistant Director)
[ ] Tales of Ginza (Assistant Director)

1956

[ ] Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District (Assistant Director)
[ ] Hungry Soul (Assistant Director)
[ ] The Balloon (Assistant Director)
[ ] Our Town (Second Assistant Director)

1957

[ ] A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era (Assistant Director)
[ ] Mountain Pass (Assistant Director)

1958

[ ] Endless Desire (Director)
[ ] Nishi Ginza Station (Director)
[ ] Stolen Desire (Director)

1959

[ ] My Second Brother (Director)

1961

[ 5/10 ] Pigs and Battleships (Director)

1963

[ ] The Insect Woman (Director)

1964

[ ] Intentions of Murder (Director)

1966

[ ] The Pornographers (Director)

1967

[ ] A Man Vanishes (Director)

1968

[ ] Profound Desires of the Gods (Director)

1970

[ ] History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess (Director)
[ ] Following the Unreturned Soldiers: Malaysia (Director)

1971

[ ] Following the Unreturned Soldier: Thailand (Director)

1972

[ ] The Pirates of Buban (Director)
[ ] Oreno Shimokita (Director)

1973

[ ] Outlaw-Matsu Comes Home (Director)
[ ] Karayuki-San, the Making of a Prostitute (Director)
[ ] Fantasia (Director)

1979

[ ] Vengeance Is Mine (Director)

1981

[ ] Eijanaika (Director)

1983

[ ] The Ballad of Narayama (Director)

1987

[ ] Zegen (Director)

1989

[ ] Black Rain (Director)

1997

[ ] The Eel (Director)

1998

[ ] Dr. Akagi (Director)

2001

[ ] Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (Director)

2002

[ ] September 11 (Director)
[ ] Wives in 30's to 50's (Second Assistant Director)

Writing

1956

[ ] The Balloon (Screenplay)

1957

[ ] A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era (Screenplay)

1958

[ ] Endless Desire (Screenplay)
[ ] Nishi Ginza Station (Screenplay)

1959

[ ] My Second Brother (Screenplay)

1962

[ ] Foundry Town (Screenplay)

1963

[ ] The Insect Woman (Writer)
[ ] A Modern Samurai Village (Screenplay)
[ ] The Gambling Monk (Screenplay)

1964

[ ] Intentions of Murder (Screenplay)

1966

[ ] The Pornographers (Screenplay)

1968

[ ] Profound Desires of the Gods (Writer)
[ ] East China Sea (Writer)
[ ] Neon taiheiki (Writer)

1970

[ ] History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess (Writer)

1972

[ ] The Pirates of Buban (Writer)

1981

[ ] Eijanaika (Screenplay)

1983

[ ] The Ballad of Narayama (Screenplay)

1987

[ ] Zegen (Writer)

1989

[ ] Black Rain (Screenplay)

1997

[ ] The Eel (Writer)

1998

[ ] Dr. Akagi (Writer)

2001

[ ] Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (Screenplay)

Production

1966

[ ] The Pornographers (Producer)

1967

[ ] A Man Vanishes (Producer)

1968

[ ] East China Sea (Producer)

1976

[ ] The Youth Killer (Producer)

1981

[ ] Eijanaika (Producer)

1986

[ ] Have You Seen the Barefoot God? (Producer)

1987

[ ] The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On (Associate Producer)

1989

[ ] Black Rain (Executive Producer)

Actor

1967

[ ] A Man Vanishes (Self)

1972

[ ] The Pirates of Buban (Himself)
[ ] Oreno Shimokita (Self)

1973

[ ] Outlaw-Matsu Comes Home (Himself)
[ ] Karayuki-San, the Making of a Prostitute (Himself)

1983

[ ] I Lived, But... (Self)

1995

[ ] Shohei Imamura: The Free Thinker (Himself)

2002

[ ] 2009: Lost Memories (Historian)