Shōhei Imamura [20025]
Gender: Male
Popularity: 0.8916
Birthplace: Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Birthday: 1926-09-15
Deathday: 2006-05-30
Age: 79 years
Movies: 8
Links: Homepage, IMDB
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).