Shōhei Imamura (Tokyo, 15 September 1926 – 30 May 2006) was a Japanese film director. Imamura was the first Japanese director to win two Palme d'Or awards, but was never Oscar nominated for any category.
His eldest son Daisuke Tengan is also a script writer and film director, and worked on the screenplays to Imamura's films The Eel (1997), Dr. Akagi (1998), Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (2001) and 11'9"01 September 11 (2002).
Known For
Tokyo Story
(1953)
Second Assistant Director
Vengeance Is Mine
(1979)
Director
The Ballad of Narayama
(1983)
Director
Profound Desires of the Gods
(1968)
Director
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
(1952)
Assistant Director
11'09''01 September 11
(2002)
Director
Early Summer
(1951)
Assistant Director
The Eel
(1997)
Director
Black Rain
(1989)
Director
The Insect Woman
(1963)
Director
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
(2001)
Director
Intentions of Murder
(1964)
Director
Zegen
(1987)
Director
The Pornographers
(1966)
Director
Pigs and Battleships
(1961)
Director
Dr. Akagi
(1998)
Director
Full Filmography
Directing
Early Summer
(1951)
Assistant Director
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
(1952)
Assistant Director
Tokyo Story
(1953)
Second Assistant Director
The Moon Has Risen
(1955)
Assistant Director
Till We Meet Again
(1955)
First Assistant Director
Burden of Love
(1955)
First Assistant Director
Tales of Ginza
(1955)
Assistant Director
Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District
(1956)
Assistant Director
Hungry Soul
(1956)
Assistant Director
The Balloon
(1956)
Assistant Director
Our Town
(1956)
Second Assistant Director
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
(1957)
Assistant Director
Endless Desire
(1958)
Director
Nishi Ginza Station
(1958)
Director
Stolen Desire
(1958)
Director
My Second Brother
(1959)
Director
Pigs and Battleships
(1961)
Director
The Insect Woman
(1963)
Director
Intentions of Murder
(1964)
Director
The Pornographers
(1966)
Director
A Man Vanishes
(1967)
Director
Profound Desires of the Gods
(1968)
Director
History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess
(1970)
Director
Following the Unreturned Soldiers: Malaysia
(1970)
Director
Following the Unreturned Soldier: Thailand
(1971)
Director
The Pirates of Buban
(1972)
Director
Oreno Shimokita
(1972)
Director
Outlaw-Matsu Returns Home
(1973)
Director
Karayuki-San, the Making of a Prostitute
(1973)
Director
Vengeance Is Mine
(1979)
Director
Why Not?
(1981)
Director
The Ballad of Narayama
(1983)
Director
Zegen
(1987)
Director
Black Rain
(1989)
Director
The Eel
(1997)
Director
Dr. Akagi
(1998)
Director
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
(2001)
Director
11'09''01 September 11
(2002)
Director
Acting
A Man Vanishes
(1967)
Self
The Pirates of Buban
(1972)
Himself
Oreno Shimokita
(1972)
Self
Karayuki-San, the Making of a Prostitute
(1973)
Himself
Outlaw-Matsu Returns Home
(1973)
Himself
I Lived, But...
(1983)
Self
Shohei Imamura: The Free Thinker
(1995)
Himself
2009: Lost Memories
(2002)
Writing
The Balloon
(1956)
Screenplay
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
(1957)
Screenplay
Endless Desire
(1958)
Screenplay
Nishi Ginza Station
(1958)
Screenplay
My Second Brother
(1959)
Screenplay
Cupola, Where the Furnaces Glow
(1962)
Screenplay
The Insect Woman
(1963)
Writer
The Gambling Monk
(1963)
Screenplay
A Modern Samurai Village
(1963)
Screenplay
Intentions of Murder
(1964)
Screenplay
The Pornographers
(1966)
Screenplay
Profound Desires of the Gods
(1968)
Writer
Neon taiheiki
(1968)
Writer
East China Sea
(1968)
Writer
History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess
(1970)
Writer
The Pirates of Buban
(1972)
Writer
Why Not?
(1981)
Screenplay
The Ballad of Narayama
(1983)
Screenplay
Zegen
(1987)
Writer
Black Rain
(1989)
Screenplay
The Eel
(1997)
Writer
Dr. Akagi
(1998)
Writer
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
(2001)
Screenplay
Production
The Pornographers
(1966)
Producer
A Man Vanishes
(1967)
Producer
East China Sea
(1968)
Producer
The Youth Killer
(1976)
Producer
Why Not?
(1981)
Producer
Have You Seen the Barefoot God?
(1986)
Producer
The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On
(1987)
Associate Producer
Black Rain
(1989)
Executive Producer