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Shōhei Imamura
A.K.A:
Shohei Imamura - 今村 昌平 - Сёхэй Имамура - Shouhei Imamura - Shôhei Imamura -1926-09-15 -2006-05-30
Male
Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
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Biography
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).
