Directing
Shōhei Imamura
- Career
Active from 1956 to 2002, with up to 3 main titles a year.
- Average score
73/100
- Highest rated
The Ballad of Narayama87/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 28 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism3.8, average 5.4
- Situational Comedy1.7, average 2.7
- Pop Culture1.2, average 2.2
- Adrenaline3.8, average 4.8
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 10
- Post-War Japan 7
- Japanese Cinema 5
- Historical Drama 4
- Melancholy 3
- Social Realism 3
- Character Study 3
- Poverty 3
- Melancholic 3
- Psychological Drama 3
- Slow Burn 2
- Character-Driven 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Toshirō MayuzumiComposerProfound Desires of the Gods, Pigs and Battleships, The Insect Woman, A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era, Intentions of Murder, +11 more- MMutsuo TanjiEditorProfound Desires of the Gods, Pigs and Battleships, The Insect Woman, Intentions of Murder, The Pornographers, +7 more
- SShinsaku HimedaCinematographerVengeance Is Mine, Pigs and Battleships, The Insect Woman, Intentions of Murder, Eijanaika, +6 more
Shoichi OzawaActorThe Ballad of Narayama, Pigs and Battleships, The Insect Woman, Black Rain, The Pornographers, +4 more
Hajime OkayasuEditorThe Ballad of Narayama, The Eel, Warm Water Under a Red Bridge, September 11, Black Rain, +3 more
Shinichiro IkebeComposerThe Ballad of Narayama, Vengeance Is Mine, The Eel, Warm Water Under a Red Bridge, Eijanaika, +1 more- MMasao TochizawaCinematographerThe Ballad of Narayama, Profound Desires of the Gods, Zegen, The Pirates of Buban, History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess, +1 more
Hiroyuki NagatoActorPigs and Battleships, The Insect Woman, My Second Brother, Endless Desire, Stolen Desire
Kō NishimuraActorIntentions of Murder, The Pornographers, My Second Brother, Endless Desire, Stolen Desire
Ken OgataActorThe Ballad of Narayama, Vengeance Is Mine, Eijanaika, Zegen
Yōko MinamidaActorPigs and Battleships, A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era, A Modern Samurai Village, Stolen Desire
Mitsuko BaishoActorVengeance Is Mine, The Eel, Warm Water Under a Red Bridge, Zegen
Movies and TV shows
492000s
4 titles · average score 64
GoodWatch score 69Director
GoodWatch score 51as Historian
Second Assistant Director
GoodWatch score 72Director, Screenplay
1990s
2 titles · average score 76
GoodWatch score 82Screenplay, Director
GoodWatch score 70Screenplay, Director
1980s
6 titles · average score 78
GoodWatch score 76Screenplay, Director
GoodWatch score 72Writer, Director
GoodWatch score 91Associate Producer
GoodWatch score 87Screenplay, Director
GoodWatch score 65Producer, Screenplay
1970s
9 titles · average score 72
GoodWatch score 81Director
GoodWatch score 68Producer
Director
Director, Writer
Director
GoodWatch score 66Director, Writer
1960s
11 titles · average score 77
GoodWatch score 80Director, Screenplay
Writer
Writer, Producer
GoodWatch score 86Producer, Director
GoodWatch score 72Producer, Director
GoodWatch score 68Director, Screenplay
GoodWatch score 79Writer, Director
Screenplay
Screenplay
GoodWatch score 75Screenplay
GoodWatch score 77Director
1950s
17 titles · average score 73
GoodWatch score 67Screenplay, Director
GoodWatch score 70Screenplay, Director
GoodWatch score 68Director
GoodWatch score 58Screenplay, Director
GoodWatch score 75Assistant Director, Screenplay
GoodWatch score 67Assistant Director, Screenplay
GoodWatch score 81Assistant Director
GoodWatch score 64Assistant Director
GoodWatch score 70Assistant Director
GoodWatch score 92Second Assistant Director
GoodWatch score 87Assistant Director
GoodWatch score 89Assistant Director