Directing
Shōhei Imamura
- Titles
- 52movies
- Career
Active from 1956 to 2002, with up to 3 main titles a year.
- Directed
- 26titles as director
- Average score
73/100
- Highest rated
The Ballad of Narayama87/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 27 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical6.2average 2.6
- Social Commentary7.3average 4.9
- Melancholy7.0average 4.7
- Class & Capitalism5.3average 3.3
- Pathos7.1average 5.2
- Eroticism3.0average 1.8
- Psychological6.7average 5.6
- Nostalgia4.7average 3.7
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism3.8, average 5.4
- Adrenaline3.8, average 4.9
- Pop Culture1.2, average 2.2
- Situational Comedy1.7, average 2.7
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 10
- Post-War Japan 7
- Japanese Cinema 5
- Historical Drama 4
- Melancholy 3
- Poverty 3
- Melancholic 3
- Psychological Drama 3
- Character Study 3
- Social Realism 3
- Character-Driven 2
- Class Struggle 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Toshirō MayuzumiComposerThe Balloon, Profound Desires of the Gods, The Insect Woman, The Pornographers, Intentions of Murder, +11 more- MMutsuo TanjiEditorProfound Desires of the Gods, The Insect Woman, The Pornographers, Intentions of Murder, Pigs and Battleships, +7 more
- SShinsaku HimedaCinematographerVengeance Is Mine, Eijanaika, The Insect Woman, The Pornographers, Intentions of Murder, +6 more
Shoichi OzawaActorThe Ballad of Narayama, Black Rain, The Insect Woman, The Pornographers, Pigs and Battleships, +4 more
Hajime OkayasuEditorThe Ballad of Narayama, The Eel, Warm Water Under a Red Bridge, Black Rain, September 11, +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, The Pirates of Buban, Profound Desires of the Gods, Zegen, Outlaw-Matsu Comes Home, +1 more
Hiroyuki NagatoActorThe Insect Woman, Pigs and Battleships, My Second Brother, Endless Desire, Stolen Desire
Kō NishimuraActorThe Pornographers, Intentions of Murder, My Second Brother, Endless Desire, Stolen Desire
Taiji TonoyamaActorVengeance Is Mine, Zegen, My Second Brother, Endless Desire
Yōko MinamidaActorA Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era, Pigs and Battleships, Stolen Desire, A Modern Samurai Village
Ken OgataActorThe Ballad of Narayama, Vengeance Is Mine, Eijanaika, Zegen
Movies and TV shows
492000s
4 titles · average score 63
Director
as Historian
Second Assistant Director
Director, Screenplay
1990s
2 titles · average score 75
Screenplay, Director
Screenplay, Director
1980s
6 titles · average score 78
Executive Producer, Screenplay
Director, Writer
Associate Producer
Screenplay, Director
Producer, Screenplay
1970s
9 titles · average score 73
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Producer
Director
Director, Writer
Director
Writer, Director
1960s
11 titles · average score 77
Director, Screenplay
Writer, Producer
Writer
Producer, Director
Producer, Director
Director, Screenplay
Writer, Director
Screenplay
Screenplay
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Director
1950s
17 titles · average score 73
Screenplay, Director
Screenplay, Director
Director
Director, Screenplay
Assistant Director, Screenplay
Assistant Director, Screenplay
Assistant Director
First Assistant Director
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Second Assistant Director
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Assistant Director