Shōhei Imamura
Details
Birth Date 15 Sep 1926
Place of Birth Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Personal Name Shōhei Imamura
Also known as
- Shohei Imamura
- 今村 昌平
- 今村昌平
- 이마무라 쇼헤이
- Сёхэй Имамура
- Shōhei Imamura
- Shouhei Imamura
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).