Shōhei Imamura

Directing

Birthday

1926/09/15

Day of death

2006/05/30 (79 years old)

Gender

Male

Place of Birth

Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

Also know as

Shohei Imamura, 今村昌平, Сёхэй Имамура, Shouhei Imamura, Shôhei Imamura

Biography

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).