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Shôhei Imamura (I) (1926–2006)

Director | Writer | Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Imamura's father was a doctor. During the war, his father could not be drafted but his two brothers were. As a result, his eldest brother got killed in action. Imamura spent his youth in the middle of small-time hoods and prostitutes at a time when black market was rampant. He later enrolled in a technical school in Tokyo which he left for the Waseda university where... See full bio »