Directing
Shōhei Imamura
- Titles
- 51movies
- Career
Active from 1956 to 2002, with up to 3 main titles a year.
- Directed
- 26titles as director
- Average score
70/100
- Highest rated
Black Rain76/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 24 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical6.1average 2.6
- Social Commentary7.3average 4.9
- Melancholy7.0average 4.7
- Class & Capitalism5.3average 3.3
- Pathos7.2average 5.2
- Nostalgia5.0average 3.6
- Psychological6.8average 5.6
- Spiritual3.1average 2.0
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism3.6, average 5.2
- Adrenaline3.9, average 5.1
- Pop Culture1.2, average 2.2
- Situational Comedy1.8, average 2.7
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 10
- Post-War Japan 6
- Japanese Cinema 5
- Historical Drama 4
- Melancholy 3
- Poverty 3
- Melancholic 3
- Psychological Drama 3
- Character-Driven 2
- Slow Burn 2
- Dark Humor 2
- Moral Decay 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Toshirō MayuzumiComposerPigs and Battleships, The Insect Woman, Profound Desires of the Gods, Intentions of Murder, The Pornographers, +9 more- MMutsuo TanjiEditorPigs and Battleships, The Insect Woman, Profound Desires of the Gods, Intentions of Murder, The Pornographers, +6 more
- SShinsaku HimedaCinematographerVengeance Is Mine, Pigs and Battleships, The Insect Woman, Intentions of Murder, The Pornographers, +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, 11’09”01—September 11, Warm Water Under a Red Bridge, Black Rain, +2 more
Shinichiro IkebeComposerThe Ballad of Narayama, The Eel, Vengeance Is Mine, Warm Water Under a Red Bridge, Zegen, +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, Endless Desire, My Second Brother, Stolen Desire
Kō NishimuraActorIntentions of Murder, The Pornographers, Endless Desire, My Second Brother, Stolen Desire
Mitsuko BaishoActorThe Eel, Vengeance Is Mine, Warm Water Under a Red Bridge, Zegen, Why Not?
Ken OgataActorThe Ballad of Narayama, Vengeance Is Mine, Zegen, Why Not?
Taiji TonoyamaActorVengeance Is Mine, Zegen, Endless Desire, My Second Brother
Movies and TV shows
492000s
4 titles · average score 64
66
Director
61
as Historian
Second Assistant Director
66
Director, Screenplay
1990s
2 titles · average score 70
69
Director, Writer
71
Director, Writer
1980s
6 titles · average score 72
76
Screenplay, Director
67
Writer, Director
77
Associate Producer
76
Director, Screenplay
66
Producer, Screenplay
1970s
9 titles · average score 71
76
Director
67
Producer
Director
Director, Writer
Director
Writer, Director
1960s
11 titles · average score 73
75
Writer, Director
Writer, Producer
Writer
70
Director, Producer
72
Screenplay, Producer
74
Screenplay, Director
73
Writer, Director
Screenplay
Screenplay
74
Screenplay
72
Director
1950s
17 titles · average score 70
66
Screenplay, Director
68
Director, Screenplay
59
Screenplay, Director
Director
72
Assistant Director, Screenplay
Assistant Director, Screenplay
72
Assistant Director
70
Assistant Director
67
First Assistant Director
81
Second Assistant Director
75
Assistant Director
79
Assistant Director