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Director / Screenwriter
1926 - 2006
Born September 15, Tokyo, Japan
Key Genres: Drama, Crime, Thriller  TSPDT Rating: 7
Key Collaborators: Shoichi Ozawa (Character Player/Producer), Kazuo Kitamura (Character Player), Mutsuo Tanji (Editor), Hajime Okayasu (Editor), Toshiro Mayuzumi (Composer), Shinichiro Ikebe (Composer), Ken Ogata (Leading Player), Hiso Ino (Producer), Keiji Hasebe (Screenwriter), Ko Nishimura (Leading Character Player)
Recommended: Pigs and Battleships (1961), Intentions of Murder (1964), The Profound Desire of the Gods (1968), Vengeance is Mine (1979), Black Rain (1988)
Links: [ IMDB ] [ All-Movie Guide ] [ Senses of Cinema: Great Directors ] [ Film Reference ] [ Strictly Film School ] [ Column About Shohei Imamura (1997) ] [ World Socialist Web Site Interview (2000) ] [ Austin Chronicle Article (1999) ] [ Age Article (2007) ] [ Boston Phoenix Article (2008) ]
DVD's: [ Amazon ]
Books: [ Shohei Imamura (Cinematheque Ontario Monographs) ] [ Shohei Imamura ]
1,000 Greatest Films: Vengeance is Mine (1979), Ballad of Narayama (1983)
 
 
 
 

 

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