Director.................................... Screenplay.............................. Director of Photography.......... Editor....................................... Music....................................... Producer..................................

SHOHEI IMAMURA MOTOFUMI TOMIKAWA, DAISUKE TENGAN, SHOHEI IMAMURA SHIGERU KOMARTSUBARA HAJIME OKAYASU SHINICHIRO IKEBE HISA LINO A KSS, Eisei Geijko Co.,Ltd. and Groove Corp. co-production, in association with Imamura Productions

Starring ..................................

KOJI YAKUSHO KEIKO HATTORI JIRO NAKAJIMA MISAKO

Winnner: Palme d'Or, Cannes 1997

Shohei Imamura

Born in Tokyo, 1926. Began working at Shochiku Studio in 1951 as an assis- tant 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 YOKUJO. In 1965 he created his own production co- mpany. In 1975 he created The Cinema and Television Institute of Yohoyama, which 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.