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Shohei Imamura Biography

Profession Director, Writer, Producer, Assistant director, Actor

Awards

  • 1962Blue Ribbon Award-Best Film: winner
  • 1964Golden Berlin Bear-: nominated
  • 1964Blue Ribbon Award-Best Film: winner
  • 1964Blue Ribbon Award-Best Director: winner
  • 1964Blue Ribbon Award-Best Screenplay: winner
  • 1964Kinema Junpo Award-Best Director: winner
  • 1964Kinema Junpo Award-Best Screenplay: winner
  • 1964Kinema Junpo Award-Best Film: winner
  • 1964Mainichi Film Concours-Best Director: winner
  • 1968Mainichi Film Concours-Best Director: winner
  • 1969Kinema Junpo Award-Best Director: winner
  • 1969Kinema Junpo Award-Best Film: winner
  • 1969Mainichi Film Concours-Best Film: winner
  • 1969Mainichi Film Concours-Best Screenplay: winner
  • 1980Award of the Japanese Academy-Best Director: winner
  • 1980Blue Ribbon Award-Best Director: winner
  • 1980Blue Ribbon Award-Best Film: winner
  • 1980Kinema Junpo Award-Best Director: winner
  • 1980Kinema Junpo Award-Best Film: winner
  • 1981Un Certain Regard Award-: nominated
  • 1982Award of the Japanese Academy-Best Director: nominated
  • 1983Palme d'Or-: winner
  • 1984Award of the Japanese Academy-Best Director: nominated
  • 1984Award of the Japanese Academy-Best Screenplay: nominated
  • 1987Palme d'Or-: nominated
  • 1997APFF Award-Best Director: winner
  • 1997Top 10 Film Award-Best Film: nominated
  • 1997Palme d'Or-: winner
  • 1998Award of the Japanese Academy-Best Director: winner
  • 1998Award of the Japanese Academy-Best Screenplay: nominated
  • 1998Top 10 Film Award-Best Film: nominated
  • 1998Kinema Junpo Award-Best Film: winner
  • 1998Mainichi Film Concours-Best Director: winner
  • 1999NETPAC Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 1999Award of the Japanese Academy-Best Screenplay: nominated
  • 1999Award of the Japanese Academy-Best Director: nominated
  • 1999Independent Spirit Award-Best Foreign Film: nominated
  • 2001Palme d'Or-: nominated
  • 2002UNESCO Award-: winner
  • 2003César-Best European Union Film (Meilleur film de l'Union Européenne): nominated
  • 2009Top Film-Top 10 Key Films of the Noughties: winner