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    Shōhei Imamura

    1926-09-15 (98 years old) in 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).

    Movies

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    2009: Lost Memories
    62 %|Feb 1, 2002
    Thriller, Action, Drama
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    Shohei Imamura: The Free Thinker
    70 %|Apr 12, 1995
    Documentary
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    I Lived, But...
    65 %|Oct 29, 1983
    Documentary
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    Outlaw-Matsu Returns Home
    75 %|Jan 1, 1973
    Documentary, TV Movie
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    Karayuki-San, the Making of a Prostitute
    75 %|Jan 1, 1973
    Documentary
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    The Pirates of Buban
    65 %|Jan 1, 1972
    Documentary, TV Movie
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    Oreno Shimokita
    0 %|Jan 1, 1972
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    A Man Vanishes
    68 %|Jul 8, 1967
    Drama, Documentary

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