
Directing
Born September 15, 1926 in 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.

Japanese Cinema: New Territories
Self (archive footage)

September 11

2009: Lost Memories
Historian

Warm Water Under a Red Bridge

Dr. Akagi

The Eel

Shohei Imamura: The Free Thinker
Himself

Black Rain

The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On

Zegen

Have You Seen the Barefoot God?

I Lived, But...
Self

The Ballad of Narayama

Eijanaika

Vengeance Is Mine

The Youth Killer

Outlaw-Matsu Comes Home
Himself

Karayuki-San, the Making of a Prostitute
Himself

The Pirates of Buban
Himself

Oreno Shimokita
Self

Following the Unreturned Soldier: Thailand

History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess

Following the Unreturned Soldiers: Malaysia

Profound Desires of the Gods

East China Sea

Neon taiheiki

A Man Vanishes
Self

The Pornographers

Intentions of Murder

The Insect Woman

The Gambling Monk

A Modern Samurai Village

Foundry Town

Pigs and Battleships

My Second Brother

Endless Desire

Nishi Ginza Station

Stolen Desire

Mountain Pass

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era

Hungry Soul

Our Town

Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District

The Balloon

Tales of Ginza

Till We Meet Again

Burden of Love

The Moon Has Risen

Tokyo Story

The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice

Early Summer