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- 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
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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 — Himself
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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).
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