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SHOHEI IMAMURA (1926 - 2006)   Director & Screenwriter

Shoei Imamura was born in Tokyo in 1926. He began working at Shochiku Studio in 1951 as an assistant to Yasujiro Ozu, Masaki Kobayashi and Yoshitaro Nomura. In 1954 he joined Nikkatsu Studio, where he became Yuzo Kawashima's co-writer and assistant to So Yamamura and Kinuyo Tanaka.
In 1958 he directed his first film, Nusumareta Yokujô (aka 'Stolen Desire') and created his own production company in 1965. In 1975 he set up The Cinema and Television Institute of Yohoyama, which later became The Japanese Academy of Visual Arts. He has been awarded the Palme d'Or in Cannes twice for Ballad of Narayama and The Eel.