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Shohei Imamura
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Japanese film director (1926-2006)
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Shohei Imamura (1926–2006) was a Japanese screenwriter, film director, film producer, and teacher. Born and deceased in Tokyo, he worked primarily in Japan and began his career in 1951. He was educated at Waseda University and spoke Japanese as his native language.
Imamura received several awards, including the Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year, the Palme d'Or, and the Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres. His work was featured in Documenta 6 and is held in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art. He died of liver cancer due to natural causes.
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Film & TV
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.
Known for
- Japanese Cinema: New Territories — Self (archive footage)2011
- 2009: Lost Memories — Historian2002
- Shohei Imamura: The Free Thinker — Himself1995
- I Lived, But... — Self1983
- Outlaw-Matsu Comes Home — Himself1973
- Karayuki-San, the Making of a Prostitute — Himself1973
- The Pirates of Buban — Himself1972
- Oreno Shimokita — Self1972
- A Man Vanishes — Self1967
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1926-09-15 ) 15 September 1926, Tokyo , Empire of Japan
- Died
- 30 May 2006 (2006-05-30) (aged 79), Tokyo , Japan
- Alma mater
- Waseda University
- Occupations
- Film director , screenwriter , producer
- Years active
- 1951–2002
- Movement
- Japanese New Wave
- Awards
- Palme d'Or (1983, 1997)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Empire of Japan
- Place of birth
- Tokyo
- Place of death
- Tokyo
- Occupation
- director
- Educated at
- Waseda University
- Languages spoken
- Japanese
- Native language
- Japanese
- Participant in
- Documenta 6
- Field of work
- film direction
- Image
- Shohei Imamura.jpg
- Work location
- Japan
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- date of birth
- 1926-09-15
- date of death
- 2006-05-30
- cause of death
- liver cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in kana
- いまむら しょうへい
- name in native language
- 今村昌平
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Shohei Imamura
- has works in the collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- start of work period
- 1951-00-00
- Commons category
- Shōhei Imamura
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Encyclopedic overview
Shōhei Imamura (今村昌平, Imamura Shōhei; 15 September 1926 – 30 May 2006) 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).
Biography
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