Shohei Imamura
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Born: 15 September 1926 Died: 30 May 2006
Born and residing in: Japan
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Shohei Imamura's films dig beneath the surface of Japanese society to reveal a wellspring of sensual, often irrational, energy that lies beneath. Along with his colleagues Nagisa Ôshima and Masahiro Shinoda, Imamura began his serious directorial career as a member of the New Wave movement in Japan. Reacting against the studio system, and particularly against the style of Yasujirô Ozu, the director he first assisted, Imamura moved away from the subtlety and understated nature of the classical masters to a celebration of the primitive and spontaneous aspects of Japanese life. To explore this level of Japanese consciousness, Imam
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1. The Ballad of Narayama (1983)
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3. Black Rain (1989)
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4. The Eel (1997)
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1. The Ballad of Narayama (1983)
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2. Black Rain (1989)
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3. The Eel (1997)
Rating: | 62 Watched |

4. The Pornographers (1966)
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5. The Insect Woman (1963)
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2. A Man Vanishes (1967)
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4. Karayuki-san (1975)
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