Cast: Shôhei Imamura
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Shôhei Imamura. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
Titles found: 9
I Lived, But...
1983 · Documentary · 123 min. · Japan
Direction Kazuo Inoue
Cast Ineko Arima · Chikage Awashima · Shôhei Imamura · Tatsuya Jô
Synopsis A documentary by Kazuo Inoue about the life and career of Yasujiro Ozu, which involved his assistant Shohei Imamura (director of The Pornographers and The Eel), critics Donald Richie and Tadao Sato, actors and stars of his films Chishu Ryu...
7.2
30 votes
7.2
30 votes
A Man Vanishes
1967 · Documentary · 130 min. · Japan
Direction Shôhei Imamura
Cast Yoshie Hayakawa · Shôhei Imamura · Shigeru Tsuyuguchi
Synopsis Ostensibly Imamura's first work in documentary features, A Man Vanishes is much more, heralding the future work of Kazuo Hara and Werner Herzog, amongst others, in the genre-defying mix of style and loose adherence to filmic "reality." Imamura follows one...
6.8
54 votes
6.8
54 votes
2009: Lost Memories
2002 · Movie · 136 min. · South Korea
Direction Lee Si-myung
Cast Jang Dong-gun · Tôru Nakamura · Ahn Gil-kang · Jin-ho Seo
Synopsis One of South Korea's top-grossing films, director Si-myung Lee's 2009: LOST MEMORIES blends sci-fi, action, politics, and history into a time-bending thriller which explores issues of national and cultural identity. Set in the year 2009, the film operates in an...
5.6
87 votes
5.6
87 votes
The Making of a Prostitute
1975 · Documentary · 75 min. · Japan
Direction Shôhei Imamura
Cast Kurahachi Fukuda · Tora Hirano · Shôhei Imamura · Shôhei Nagao
Synopsis Documentary - (The interviewer is an Asian male director, Shohei Imamura.) Interview with Kikuyo Zendo, a 73 year-old, Japanese, trafficked-in-1921, prostitute (karayuki-san) who spent the longer part of her life outside Japan in Malaysia. She discusses her sex work career...
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In Search of the Unreturned Soldiers in Malaysia (TV)
1970 · Documentary · 47 min. · Japan
Direction Shôhei Imamura
Cast Shôhei Imamura
Synopsis The searching of un-return japanese soldier in Malaysia by Imamura Shohei with the help from local people.
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Cinéma, de notre temps (TV Series)
1988 · Documentary · France
Direction André S. Labarthe · Janine Bazin · Jean-Pierre Limosin · Chris Marker
Cast Catherine Deneuve · Mathieu Amalric · Jean-François Stévenin · Daniel Auteuil
Synopsis TV Series (1988-Present Day).
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Shohei Imamura - Le libre penseur (TV)
1995 · Documentary · 61 min. · France
Direction Paulo Rocha
Cast Shôhei Imamura · Kazuo Kitamura · Catherine Cadou · Kiyoko Ishiwata
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Muhomatsu Returns Home
1973 · Documentary · 48 min. · Japan
Direction Shôhei Imamura
Cast Fujiko Fujita · Yoshio Ukiie · Matsuyoshi Fujita · Michiko Hamaguchi
Synopsis Television documentary featuring interviews with Japanese soldiers after the Second World War.
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In Search of the Unreturned Soldiers in Thailand
1971 · Documentary · 45 min. · Japan
Direction Shôhei Imamura
Cast Shôhei Imamura
Synopsis In Thailand, Imamura brings together three Japanese soldiers who did not return home after World War II to discuss their experiences during and after the war.
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