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).
11’09”01—September 11
(Director)
The Eel
(Director)
The Eel
(Writer)
Pigs and Battleships
(Director)
Vengeance Is Mine
(Director)
Why Not?
(Director)
The Ballad of Narayama
(Director)
The Ballad of Narayama
(Screenplay)
The Pornographers
(Director)
Endless Desire
(Director)
The Insect Woman
(Director)
The Insect Woman
(Writer)
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
(Director)
Nishi Ginza Station
(Director)
Stolen Desire
(Director)
Dr. Akagi
(Director)
Dr. Akagi
(Writer)
Intentions of Murder
(Director)
My Second Brother
(Director)
Profound Desires of the Gods
(Director)
Profound Desires of the Gods
(Writer)
A Man Vanishes
(Director)
A Man Vanishes
(Producer)
The Youth Killer
(Producer)
History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess
(Writer)
History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess
(Director)
Following the Unreturned Soldiers: Malaysia
(Director)
The Pirates of Buban
(Director)
Following the Unreturned Soldier: Thailand
(Director)
Outlaw-Matsu Returns Home
(Director)
Karayuki-San, the Making of a Prostitute
(Director)
Black Rain
(Screenplay)
Zegen
(Director)
Black Rain
(Director)
East China Sea
(Producer)
East China Sea
(Writer)
The Moon Has Risen
(Assistant Director)
Oreno Shimokita
(Director)
The Pornographers
(Producer)
A Modern Samurai Village
(Screenplay)
Neon taiheiki
(Writer)
Why Not?
(Producer)
The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice
(Assistant Director)
The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On
(Associate Producer)
Early Summer
(Assistant Director)
Endless Desire
(Screenplay)
Have You Seen the Barefoot God?
(Producer)
Zegen
(Writer)
Black Rain
(Executive Producer)
The Balloon
(Screenplay)
Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District
(Assistant Director)
Tokyo Story
(Second Assistant Director)
Till We Meet Again
(First Assistant Director)
Intentions of Murder
(Screenplay)
Foundry Town
(Screenplay)
Hungry Soul
(Assistant Director)
Why Not?
(Screenplay)
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
(Screenplay)
The Pornographers
(Screenplay)
The Gambling Monk
(Screenplay)
Burden of Love
(First Assistant Director)
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
(Assistant Director)
The Balloon
(Assistant Director)
My Second Brother
(Screenplay)
Nishi Ginza Station
(Screenplay)
Tales of Ginza
(Assistant Director)
Our Town
(Second Assistant Director)
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
(Screenplay)
The Pirates of Buban
(Writer)