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Director:

• 2000s
• 1990s
• 1980s
• 1970s
• 1960s
• 1950s

1. 11'09''01 - September 11 (2002) (segment "Japan")
   ... aka 11 septembre 2001 (Iran: Persian title)
   ... aka 11'09''01 - September 11 (France)
   ... aka 11'09''01: Onze minutes, neuf secondes, un cadre (France)
   ... aka Eleven Minutes, Nine Seconds, One Image: September 11 (International: English title)
   ... aka September 11 (USA)
2. Akai hashi no shita no nurui mizu (2001)
   ... aka De l'eau tiède sous un pont rouge (France)
   ... aka Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (International: English title)
   
   
3. Kanzo sensei (1998)
   ... aka Dr. Akagi (USA)
   ... aka Kanzo sensei (France)
4. Unagi (1997)
   ... aka The Eel (UK) (USA)
   
   
5. Kuroi ame (1989)
   ... aka Black Rain (UK) (USA: literal English title)
6. Zegen (1987)
7. Narayama-bushi kô (1983)
   ... aka Ballad of Narayama (International: English title)
8. Eijanaika (1981)
   ... aka Why Not?
   
   
9. Fukushû suru wa ware ni ari (1979)
   ... aka Vengeance Is Mine (USA: literal English title)
10. Karayuki-san (1975)
    ... aka Karayuki-san, the Making of a Prostitute (International: English title)
11. Nippon Sengoshi - Madamu onboro no Seikatsu (1970)
    ... aka History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess
    
    
12. Kamigami no Fukaki Yokubo (1968)
    ... aka Deep Desire of Gods
    ... aka Kuragejima - Legends from a Southern Island
    ... aka The Profound Desire of the Gods
13. Ningen Johatsu (1967)
    ... aka A Man Vanishes
14. Erogotoshi-tachi yori: Jinruigaku nyûmon (1966)
    ... aka The Amorists (USA)
    ... aka The Pornographer (UK)
    ... aka The Pornographers (USA: reissue title)
    ... aka The Pornographers: Introduction to Anthropology (USA: complete title)
15. Akai satsui (1964)
    ... aka Intentions of Murder
    ... aka Murderous Instincts (International: English title)
    ... aka Unholy Desire
16. Nippon konchuki (1963)
    ... aka The Insect
    ... aka The Insect Woman
17. Buta to gunkan (1961)
    ... aka Hogs and Warships (International: English title)
    ... aka Pigs and Battleships (USA: DVD title)
    ... aka The Flesh Is Hot (USA)
    
    
18. Nianchan (1959)
    ... aka My Second Brother
19. Hateshinaki yokubo (1958)
    ... aka Endless Desire
20. Nishi Ginza ekimae (1958)
    ... aka In Front of West Ginza Station (informal literal English title)
    ... aka Lights of Night
    ... aka Nishi Ginza Station
21. Nusumareta yokujo (1958)
    ... aka Stolen Desire
    

Writer:

• 2000s
• 1990s
• 1980s
• 1970s
• 1960s
• 1950s

1. Akai hashi no shita no nurui mizu (2001) (writer)
   ... aka De l'eau tiède sous un pont rouge (France)
   ... aka Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (International: English title)
   
   
2. Kanzo sensei (1998) (writer)
   ... aka Dr. Akagi (USA)
   ... aka Kanzo sensei (France)
3. Unagi (1997) (writer)
   ... aka The Eel (UK) (USA)
   
   
4. Kuroi ame (1989) (writer)
   ... aka Black Rain (UK) (USA: literal English title)
5. Zegen (1987) (writer)
6. Narayama-bushi kô (1983) (screenplay)
   ... aka Ballad of Narayama (International: English title)
7. Eijanaika (1981) (writer)
   ... aka Why Not?
   
   
8. Nippon Sengoshi - Madamu onboro no Seikatsu (1970) (writer)
   ... aka History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess
   
   
9. Kamigami no Fukaki Yokubo (1968) (writer)
   ... aka Deep Desire of Gods
   ... aka Kuragejima - Legends from a Southern Island
   ... aka The Profound Desire of the Gods
10. Neon taiheiki (1968) (writer)
11. Higashi shinakai (1968) (screenplay) (story)
    ... aka East China Sea (USA)
12. Erogotoshi-tachi yori: Jinruigaku nyûmon (1966) (writer)
    ... aka The Amorists (USA)
    ... aka The Pornographer (UK)
    ... aka The Pornographers (USA: reissue title)
    ... aka The Pornographers: Introduction to Anthropology (USA: complete title)
13. Akai satsui (1964) (writer)
    ... aka Intentions of Murder
    ... aka Murderous Instincts (International: English title)
    ... aka Unholy Desire
14. Nippon konchuki (1963) (writer)
    ... aka The Insect
    ... aka The Insect Woman
15. Samurai no ko (1963) (writer)
16. Kyupora no aru machi (1962) (writer)
    ... aka Foundry Town (International: English title)
    
    
17. Nianchan (1959) (writer)
    ... aka My Second Brother
18. Nishi Ginza ekimae (1958) (writer)
    ... aka In Front of West Ginza Station (informal literal English title)
    ... aka Lights of Night
    ... aka Nishi Ginza Station
19. Bakumatsu taiyoden (1957) (writer)
    ... aka Sun in the Last Days of the Shogunate
    ... aka The Sun Legend of the End of the Tokugawa Era (International: English title)
    

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director:

1. Bakumatsu taiyoden (1957) (assistant director)
   ... aka Sun in the Last Days of the Shogunate
   ... aka The Sun Legend of the End of the Tokugawa Era (International: English title)
2. Waga machi (1956) (second assistant director)
3. Suzaki paradise: Akashingo (1956) (assistant director)
   ... aka Suzaki Paradise Red Light
4. Ashita kuru Hito (1955) (assistant director)
5. Ai no onimotsu (1955) (chief assistant director)
   ... aka Burden of Love (International: English title)
6. Tsuki wa noborinu (1955) (first assistant director)
   ... aka The Moon Has Risen
7. Kuroi ushio (1954) (first assistant director)
   ... aka Black Tide (literal English title)
8. Tôkyô monogatari (1953) (first assistant director)
   ... aka Tokyo Story (USA)
9. Ochazuke no aji (1952) (first assistant director)
   ... aka Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice (USA)
   ... aka Tea Over Rice (USA)
   ... aka Tea and Rice
10. Bakushû (1951) (assistant director)
    ... aka Early Summer
    

Producer:

• 1980s
• 1970s
• 1960s

1. Kuroi ame (1989) (executive producer)
   ... aka Black Rain (UK) (USA: literal English title)
2. Yuki Yukite shingun (1987) (associate producer)
   ... aka The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On
3. Eijanaika (1981) (producer)
   ... aka Why Not?
   
   
4. Seishun no satsujin sha (1976) (producer)
   ... aka The Youth Killer (International: English title)
   ... aka Young Murderer (International: English title: informal title)
   
   
5. Ningen Johatsu (1967) (planner)
   ... aka A Man Vanishes
   

Actor:

1. 2009: Lost Memories (2002)
   

Thanks:

1. Music for the Movies: Tôru Takemitsu (1994) (gratitude)
   

Self:

• 1990s
• 1980s
• 1960s

1. "Cinéma, de notre temps" .... Himself (1 episode, 1995)
       - Shohei Imamura - Le libre penseur (1995) TV episode .... Himself
   
   
2. Ikite wa mita keredo - Ozu Yasujirô den (1983) (as Shôhei Imamura) .... Himself
   ... aka I Lived, But... (International: English title)
   ... aka The Life and Works of Yasujiro Ozu (USA)
   
   
3. Ningen Johatsu (1967)
   ... aka A Man Vanishes
   

Archive Footage:

1. Scorsese on Imamura (2007) (TV) .... Himself
2. "Cinema mil"
       - Episode #1.1 (2005) TV episode .... Himself