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Shohei Imamura
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Japanese film director (1926-2006)
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Shohei Imamura (1926–2006) was a Japanese film director, screenwriter, producer, and teacher. Born in Tokyo, he began his professional work period in 1951. He was educated at Waseda University and held citizenship in Japan and the Empire of Japan. His native language was Japanese.
Imamura received several awards, including the Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year, the Palme d'Or, and the Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres. He participated in Documenta 6, and his works are held in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art. Notable works include *A man vanishes*, *Kannu kara yamiichi e*, *toru*, and *Sayonara dake ga jinsei da*. He died in Tokyo of liver cancer.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1926
- Died
- 2006
- Works
- 12
Top works
- 復讐するは我にあり
- 未帰還兵を追って, マレー編
- A man vanishes
- Kannu kara yamiichi e, toru
- Sayonara dake ga jinsei da
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Directing · Tokyo, Japan
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.
Known for
- Japanese Cinema: New Territories — Self (archive footage)2011
- 2009: Lost Memories — Historian2002
- Shohei Imamura: The Free Thinker — Himself1995
- I Lived, But... — Self1983
- Outlaw-Matsu Comes Home — Himself1973
- Karayuki-San, the Making of a Prostitute — Himself1973
- The Pirates of Buban — Himself1972
- Oreno Shimokita — Self1972
- A Man Vanishes — Self1967
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 15
- Total plays
- 21
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Control of Regulatory T Cell Development by the Transcription Factor
<i>Foxp3</i>
· 2003 · cited 6,649x
- Commensal microbe-derived butyrate induces the differentiation of colonic regulatory T cells
· 2013 · cited 4,977x
- Osimertinib in Untreated
<i>EGFR</i>
-Mutated Advanced Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer
· 2018 · cited 4,731x
- Induction of Colonic Regulatory T Cells by Indigenous
<i>Clostridium</i>
Species
· 2011 · cited 3,387x
- The Transcriptional Landscape of the Mammalian Genome
· 2005 · cited 2,959x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1926-09-15 ) 15 September 1926, Tokyo , Empire of Japan
- Died
- 30 May 2006 (2006-05-30) (aged 79), Tokyo , Japan
- Alma mater
- Waseda University
- Occupations
- Film director , screenwriter , producer
- Years active
- 1951–2002
- Movement
- Japanese New Wave
- Awards
- Palme d'Or (1983, 1997)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Empire of Japan
- Place of birth
- Tokyo
- Place of death
- Tokyo
- Occupation
- director
- Educated at
- Waseda University
- Languages spoken
- Japanese
- Native language
- Japanese
- Participant in
- Documenta 6
- Field of work
- film direction
- Image
- Shohei Imamura.jpg
- Work location
- Japan
Show 10 more facts
- date of birth
- 1926-09-15
- date of death
- 2006-05-30
- cause of death
- liver cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in kana
- いまむら しょうへい
- name in native language
- 今村昌平
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Shohei Imamura
- has works in the collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- start of work period
- 1951-00-00
- Commons category
- Shōhei Imamura
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Shōhei Imamura (今村昌平, Imamura Shōhei; 15 September 1926 – 30 May 2006) 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, doing so with The Ballad of Narayama (1983) and The Eel (1997).
Biography
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