Where to watch Shōhei Imamura in the UK
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Shōhei Imamura (15 September 1926 – 30 May 2006) was a Japanese film director. He was the first Japanese director to win two Palme d'Or awards, but was never Oscar-nominated in any category.
Shōhei Imamura films streaming in the UK
Most-watched films featuring Shōhei Imamura, available across UK streaming, rent and buy.
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- Tokyo Story (1953) Second Assistant Director
- The Ballad of Narayama (1983) Director
- Burden of Love (1955) First Assistant Director
- Neon taiheiki (1968) Writer
- The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice (1952) Assistant Director
- The Eel (1997) Director
- Pigs and Battleships (1961) Director
- The Insect Woman (1963) Director
- Vengeance Is Mine (1979) Director
- The Pornographers (1966) Director
- Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (2001) Director
- Profound Desires of the Gods (1968) Director
- 2009: Lost Memories (2002) as Historian
- Black Rain (1989) Screenplay
- The Youth Killer (1976) Producer
- Have You Seen the Barefoot God? (1986) Producer
- Early Summer (1951) Assistant Director
- Dr. Akagi (1998) Director
- September 11 (2002) Director
- The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On (1987) Associate Producer
- Intentions of Murder (1964) Director
- Eijanaika (1981) Director
- The Moon Has Risen (1955) Assistant Director
- Hungry Soul (1956) Assistant Director
- Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District (1956) Assistant Director
- Till We Meet Again (1955) First Assistant Director
- Zegen (1987) Director
- Endless Desire (1958) Director
- The Gambling Monk (1963) Screenplay
- A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era (1957) Assistant Director
- A Modern Samurai Village (1963) Screenplay
- Nishi Ginza Station (1958) Director
- Foundry Town (1962) Screenplay
- Outlaw-Matsu Comes Home (1973) Director
- History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess (1970) Writer
- Following the Unreturned Soldier: Thailand (1971) Director
- Karayuki-San, the Making of a Prostitute (1973) Director
- My Second Brother (1959) Director
- Stolen Desire (1958) Director
- Japanese Cinema: New Territories (2011) as Self (archive footage)
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