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Profesor en la Escuela de cine de Yokohama. Está considerado el director de cine más destacado de Japón tras la muerte de Akira Kurosawa, y uno de los grandes representantes de la Nueva Ola japonesa de los años 60. Estudió en la Universidad Waseda, iniciándose como actor y autor teatral.
Shōhei Imamura (今村 昌平, Imamura Shōhei, 15 September 1926 – 30 May 2006) was a Japanese film director. His main interest as a filmmaker lay in the depiction of the lower strata of Japanese society.
Shôhei Imamura. Director: Black Rain. 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.
Shohei Imamura was a highly acclaimed Japanese filmmaker known for his realistic and often provocative portrayals of Japanese society. He directed over 20 films throughout his career, and his work is highly regarded both in Japan and internationally. Here are some of the best Shohei Imamura films:
25 de jul. de 2003 · Imamura makes us see the flesh as it melts and drips off a man’s bones, the tiny charred corpse clutched by a mother. The family lives through the post-war years, waiting to see if the dreaded radiation sickness affecting so many survivors will claim them too.
Pigs, Pimps & Prostitutes: 3 Films by Shohei Imamura. In the 1960s, Japanese filmmakers responded to a stale studio system by looking for fresh ways to tell stories, and Shohei Imamura was one of the leading figures of this new wave.
Shohei Imamura is widely recognized today as one of the most important directors to emerge from the Japanese New Wave of the 1960s, together with Oshima, Suzuki, and Shinoda.
