FILM DIRECTOR

Tadashi Imai

1912 - 1991

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Tadashi Imai (今井正, Imai Tadashi; January 8, 1912 – November 22, 1991) was a Japanese film director known for social realist filmmaking informed by a left-wing perspective. His most noted films include An Inlet of Muddy Water (1953) and Bushido, Samurai Saga (1963). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Tadashi Imai is the 966th most popular film director (down from 894th in 2024), the 1,260th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,137th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular Japanese Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Tadashi Imai ranks 966 out of 2,041. Before him are Friðrik Þór Friðriksson, Anne Fontaine, John Cromwell, Steven Knight, Safi Faye, and Kevin S. Bright. After him are Jonathan Nolan, Helmut Käutner, Mikael Håfström, William Castle, Jørgen Leth, and Giuseppe Amato.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Tadashi Imai ranks 265. Before him are Louis Paul Boon, Léon Damas, Georges Beaucourt, Ted Drake, Iuliu Bodola, and Francisco Cabañas. After him are Maguba Syrtlanova, Mary McCarthy, Miklós Szabados, Willibald Schmaus, Nelly Diener, and Ellen Preis. Among people deceased in 1991, Tadashi Imai ranks 166. Before him are Walter Zeman, George Abecassis, Boris Papandopulo, Adrian Quist, Lea Padovani, and Guy Bourdin. After him are Gustav Wetterström, Hans Schwartz, Ahmet Adnan Saygun, Eva Le Gallienne, Gaston Waringhien, and Alfred Eisenbeisser.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Tadashi Imai ranks 1,260 out of 6,245. Before him are Hisashi Kimura (1870), Yukio Ozaki (1858), Noboru Terada (1917), Sanpei Shirato (1932), Hisashi Kaneko (1959), and Gozo Shioda (1915). After him are Saneatsu Mushanokōji (1885), Fumio Hayasaka (1914), Kiichiro Higuchi (1888), Unshō Ishizuka (1951), Hajime Isayama (1986), and Tura Satana (1938).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Japan

Among film directors born in Japan, Tadashi Imai ranks 43. Before him are Shinobu Hashimoto (1918), Yoshishige Yoshida (1933), Masato Harada (1949), Shinya Tsukamoto (1960), Hideo Nakata (1961), and Juzo Itami (1933). After him are Yasushi Akimoto (1958), Sion Sono (1961), Yasuzo Masumura (1924), Kihachi Okamoto (1924), Kei Kumai (1930), and Masaaki Yuasa (1965).

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