![Oreno Shimokita](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w92/mPS5R87kCfWk09P2O8IdcgIqSLx.jpg)
1972
![2009: Lost Memories](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w92/2qVZHS3FrbF8OfWARcAfu1dU5bK.jpg)
2002
![I Lived, But...](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w92/5Atvpg1n01ubGipiNYFi1mlttHC.jpg)
1983
![The Pirates of Buban](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w92/s5Al8vfckopobwuuzYWOiP3fmgV.jpg)
1972
![A Man Vanishes](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w92/ikTFAAVHqfGhaBfyCzduiZKCpmM.jpg)
1967
Sep 15, 1926
Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
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).
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