---
title: 'Shohei Imamura'
type: 'person'
roles:
  - 'director'
  - 'film producer'
  - 'film director'
  - 'teacher'
  - 'screenwriter'
born: '1926-09-15'
died: '2006-05-30'
birthplace: 'Tokyo'
deathplace: 'Tokyo'
films_in_library: 22
reviews_of_their_work: 0
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/people/shohei-imamura'
updated: '2026-08-07'
wikipedia: 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dhei_Imamura'
wikidata: 'Q309950'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Shohei Imamura

director, film producer, film director, teacher, screenwriter.

## Filmography on CinePixo

- 2002 · [2009: Lost Memories](https://cinepixo.com/movies/2009-lost-memories-2002) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2002 · [11'09"01 September 11](https://cinepixo.com/movies/110901-september-11-2002) — Director · unreviewed here
- 2001 · [Warm Water Under a Red Bridge](https://cinepixo.com/movies/warm-water-under-a-red-bridge-2001) — Director, Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1998 · [Dr. Akagi](https://cinepixo.com/movies/dr-akagi-1998) — Director, Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1997 · [The Eel](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-eel-1997) — Director, Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1989 · [Black Rain](https://cinepixo.com/movies/black-rain-1989-2) — Director, Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1987 · [Zegen](https://cinepixo.com/movies/zegen-1987) — Director, Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1983 · [The Ballad of Narayama](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-ballad-of-narayama-1983) — Director, Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1981 · [Eijanaika](https://cinepixo.com/movies/eijanaika-1981) — Director, Screenplay, Producer · unreviewed here
- 1979 · [Vengeance Is Mine](https://cinepixo.com/movies/vengeance-is-mine-1979) — Director · unreviewed here
- 1970 · [History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess](https://cinepixo.com/movies/history-of-postwar-japan-as-told-by-a-bar-hostess-1970) — Director, Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1968 · [The Profound Desire of the Gods](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-profound-desire-of-the-gods-1968) — Director, Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1967 · [A Man Vanishes](https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-man-vanishes-1967) — actor, Director, Screenplay, Producer · unreviewed here
- 1966 · [The Pornographers](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-pornographers-1966) — Director, Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1964 · [Unholy Desire](https://cinepixo.com/movies/unholy-desire-1964) — Director, Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1963 · [The Insect Woman](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-insect-woman-1963) — Director, Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1962 · [Foundry Town](https://cinepixo.com/movies/foundry-town-1962) — Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1961 · [Pigs and Battleships](https://cinepixo.com/movies/pigs-and-battleships-1961) — Director · unreviewed here
- 1959 · [My Second Brother](https://cinepixo.com/movies/my-second-brother-1959) — Director, Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1958 · [Endless Desire](https://cinepixo.com/movies/endless-desire-1958) — Director, Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1958 · [Stolen Desire](https://cinepixo.com/movies/stolen-desire-1958) — Director · unreviewed here
- 1957 · [Sun in the Last Days of the Shogunate](https://cinepixo.com/movies/sun-in-the-last-days-of-the-shogunate-1957) — Screenplay · unreviewed here

## Criticism on CinePixo

Nothing written about their work here yet.

Source: https://cinepixo.com/people/shohei-imamura
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