Sep 15, 1926 - Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
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).
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| Movie | 1967 | A Man Vanishes | Self | |
| Movie | 1983 | I Lived, But... | Self | |
| Movie | 2002 | 2009: Lost Memories | Historian | |
| Movie | 1972 | The Pirates of Buban | Himself | |
| Movie | 1973 | Outlaw-Matsu Comes Home | Himself | |
| Movie | 1973 | Karayuki-San, the Making of a Prostitute | Himself | |
| Movie | 1972 | Oreno Shimokita | Self | |
| Movie | 1995 | Shohei Imamura: The Free Thinker | Himself |
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| Movie | 2002 | 11’09”01—September 11 | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1997 | The Eel | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1997 | The Eel | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1961 | Pigs and Battleships | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1983 | The Ballad of Narayama | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1983 | The Ballad of Narayama | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1981 | Why Not? | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1979 | Vengeance Is Mine | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1966 | The Pornographers | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1958 | Endless Desire | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1963 | The Insect Woman | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1963 | The Insect Woman | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2001 | Warm Water Under a Red Bridge | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1958 | Stolen Desire | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1958 | Nishi Ginza Station | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1998 | Dr. Akagi | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1998 | Dr. Akagi | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1959 | My Second Brother | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1964 | Intentions of Murder | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1968 | Profound Desires of the Gods | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1968 | Profound Desires of the Gods | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1967 | A Man Vanishes | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1967 | A Man Vanishes | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1976 | The Youth Killer | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1970 | History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1970 | History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1970 | Following the Unreturned Soldiers: Malaysia | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1971 | Following the Unreturned Soldier: Thailand | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1972 | The Pirates of Buban | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1973 | Outlaw-Matsu Comes Home | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1973 | Karayuki-San, the Making of a Prostitute | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1989 | Black Rain | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1987 | Zegen | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1989 | Black Rain | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1968 | East China Sea | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1968 | East China Sea | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1955 | The Moon Has Risen | Assistant Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1972 | Oreno Shimokita | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1966 | The Pornographers | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1963 | A Modern Samurai Village | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1968 | Neon taiheiki | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1981 | Why Not? | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1952 | The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice | Assistant Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1987 | The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On | Associate Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1951 | Early Summer | Assistant Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1958 | Endless Desire | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1986 | Have You Seen the Barefoot God? | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1987 | Zegen | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1989 | Black Rain | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1956 | The Balloon | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1956 | Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District | Assistant Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1953 | Tokyo Story | Second Assistant Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1955 | Till We Meet Again | First Assistant Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1964 | Intentions of Murder | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1962 | Foundry Town | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1956 | Hungry Soul | Assistant Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1981 | Why Not? | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 2001 | Warm Water Under a Red Bridge | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1966 | The Pornographers | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1963 | The Gambling Monk | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1956 | The Balloon | Assistant Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1955 | Burden of Love | First Assistant Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1957 | A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era | Assistant Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1959 | My Second Brother | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1958 | Nishi Ginza Station | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1955 | Tales of Ginza | Assistant Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1956 | Our Town | Second Assistant Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1957 | A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1972 | The Pirates of Buban | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1957 | Mountain Pass | Assistant Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2002 | Wives in 30's to 50's | Second Assistant Director | Directing |
