Shōhei Imamura
1926 - 2006
Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Actor
Assistant Director
Associate Producer
Director
Writer
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. Aka
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