Born in Tokyo in 1926 and died in 2006, Imamura trained under Ozu but made earthy, anthropological films about outsiders, desire and survival. He won the Palme d'Or twice.
Filmography
- Pigs and Battleships (1961)
- The Insect Woman (1963)
- Intentions of Murder (1964)
- A Man Vanishes (1967)
- The Profound Desire of the Gods (1968)
- Vengeance Is Mine (1979)
- The Ballad of Narayama (1983)
- Black Rain (1989)
- The Eel (1997)
- Dr. Akagi (1998)
- Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (2001)