FILM DIRECTOR

Shohei Imamura

1926 - 2006

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Shohei Imamura is the 255th most popular film director (down from 154th in 2019), the 431st most popular biography from Japan (down from 165th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Japanese Film Director.

Shohei Imamura is most famous for his films, such as The Insect Woman, Pigs and Battleships, and The Eel.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Shohei Imamura ranks 255 out of 2,041. Before him are Paolo Sorrentino, Nagisa Oshima, Michael Moore, Lucio Fulci, Henry Hathaway, and Anatole Litvak. After him are Jacques Becker, Peter Bogdanovich, John Sturges, Mike Nichols, Sven Nykvist, and Jane Campion.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Shohei Imamura ranks 107. Before him are Cloris Leachman, Kim Jong-pil, James Stirling, Alan Greenspan, Gus Grissom, and Joshua Fishman. After him are John Berger, Joachim Fest, Poul Anderson, Roger Corman, Karl Richter, and Thorbjörn Fälldin. Among people deceased in 2006, Shohei Imamura ranks 68. Before him are Dürrüşehvar Sultan, Jack Warden, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Telê Santana, David Bronstein, and Shamil Basayev. After him are Sven Nykvist, William Styron, Joachim Fest, Rudolf Vrba, Rajkumar, and Lillian Asplund.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Shohei Imamura ranks 431 out of 6,245. Before him are Yoshirō Mori (1937), Hishikawa Moronobu (1618), Seishirō Itagaki (1885), Hara Takashi (1856), Masamune (1300), and Yumi Umeoka (1950). After him are Toru Takemitsu (1930), Sawao Kato (1946), Nobuyuki Oishi (1939), Emperor Yōzei (867), Yodo-dono (1569), and Emperor Antoku (1178).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Japan

Among film directors born in Japan, Shohei Imamura ranks 10. Before him are Takeshi Kitano (1947), Yasujirō Ozu (1903), Kenji Mizoguchi (1898), Masaki Kobayashi (1916), Franklin J. Schaffner (1920), and Nagisa Oshima (1932). After him are Mamoru Oshii (1951), Hideaki Anno (1960), Satoshi Kon (1963), Makoto Shinkai (1973), Kiyoshi Kurosawa (1955), and Kinji Fukasaku (1930).

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