SHŌHEI IMAMURA

Shōhei Imamura

DIRECTING

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.