Shohei Imamura

All Movies of Shohei Imamura

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  7.0
  11'09''01 - September 11
  A reaction piece to the United States' terrorist attack on September 11, 2001, this controversial film calls upon eleven directors from various countries to contribute 11-minute 9-second films about the event. Variously political,...
  Director of the film

   2002

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  8.0
  Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
  Director of the film

   2001

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  Dr. Akagi
  Director of the film

   1998

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  7.0
  The Eel
  The film opens with Takuro Yamashita (Koji Yakusho), a seemingly normal salaryman, learning that his wife might be having an affair. When he catches the couple in flaganto delicto, he freaks out and brutally stabs them both to dea...
  Director of the film

   1997

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  7.3
  Black Rain
  The title refers to the radioactive fallout which descended upon ruined city of Hiroshima after the dropping of the first atomic bomb. Young bride-to-be Yoshiko Tanaka has the misfortune to be visiting Hiroshima on the day of the ...
  Director of the film

   1989

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  Cinéma, de notre temps (TV Series)
  TV Series (1988-Present Day).
  Character:  Self 1 episode, 1995

   1988

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  5.0
  Zegen
  Director of the film

   1987

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  The Ballad of Narayama
  A fusion of Japanese Kabuki and modern film techniques, this adaptation of Shichiro Fukazawa's 1956 novel depicts the moving tale of a 69-year-old woman's traditional journey from her poor village to the summit of Mount Narayama t...
  Director of the film

   1983

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  7.3
  Vengeance is Mine
  Iwao Enokizu is a middle-aged man who has an unexplainable urge to commit insane and violent murders. Eventually he is chased by the police all over Japan, but somehow he always manages to escape. He meets a woman who runs a broth...
  Director of the film

   1979

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  7.0
  Intentions of Murder
  The film tells the story of a dull, plump housewife living in poverty with a common-law husband, his son by another woman, and his mother. When she is raped by a thief, she escapes for a new life in Tokyo with the thief.
  Director of the film

   1964

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  7.7
  The Insect Woman
  Tome was born to a lower class family in Japan in 1918. She is molested from childhood by her stepfather. As a young adult she moves from her rural village to find work in factory, where she engages in an affair with her boss. She...
  Director of the film

   1963

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  6.0
  My Second Brother
  Director of the film

   1959

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  6.0
  Stolen Desire
  An idealistic director quits school to join a traveling theater troupe and finds himself trapped in a love triangle between the leading player's wife and her younger sister.
  Director of the film

   1958