About Shohei Imamura

Shōhei Imamura 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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Occupation: screenwriter, film director, film producer, teacher

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Shohei Imamura

Japanese film director (1926-2006)

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About Shohei Imamura

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Occupation: screenwriter, film director, film producer, teacher

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Japan, Empire of Japan

Born

September 15, 1926

Died

May 30, 2006

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