Shōhei Imamura was a Japanese film director. His main interest as a filmmaker lay in the depiction of the lower strata of Japanese society. A key figure in the Japanese New Wave, who continued working into the 21st century, Imamura is the only director from Japan to win two Palme d'Or awards, doing so with The Ballad of Narayama (1983) and The Eel (1997).
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| Year | Title | Character | Age at release |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Japanese Cinema: New TerritoriesMovie | Self (archive footage) | 85 |
| 2002 | 2009: Lost MemoriesMovie | Historian | 76 |
| 1995 | Shohei Imamura: The Free ThinkerMovie | Himself | 69 |
| 1983 | I Lived, But...Movie | Self | 57 |
| 1973 | Karayuki-San, the Making of a ProstituteMovie | Himself | 47 |
| 1973 | Outlaw-Matsu Comes HomeMovie | Himself | 47 |
| 1972 | The Pirates of BubanMovie | Himself | 46 |
| 1972 | My ShimokitaMovie | Self | 46 |
| 1967 | A Man VanishesMovie | Self | 41 |