Search Results For : shohei imamura

The Ballad of Naraya

The Ballad of Narayama (1983)

IMDb: 7.9
1983

In a poor 19th century rural Japanese village, everyone who reaches the age of 70 has to climb a nearby mountain to die An elderly woman is reaching close to her cut off age during her last days with her family

Pigs and Battleships

Pigs and Battleships (1961)

IMDb: 7.5
1961

A young hoodlum decides to work for a criminal organization that is tearing itself apart

Stolen Desire (1958)

Stolen Desire (1958)

IMDb: 6.8
1958

A rumbunctious and ribald tale of a troupe of travelling actors who alternate highlights of kabuki theatre with strip shows

Intentions of Murder

Intentions of Murder (1964)

IMDb: 7.8
1964

A housewife living under her tyrannical husband has her life stressfully turned upside down after getting raped by a burglar

Zegen (1987)

Zegen (1987)

IMDb: 6.8
1987

A Japanese immigrant in 1901 Hong Kong wishes to become a simple shopkeeper Fate soon intervenes, allowing him to mix adventure and fervent patriotism with greed

Why Not? (1981)

Why Not? (1981)

IMDb: 6.9
1981

Near the turbulent end of the Edo era, a man returning to Japan after exile in America searches for his wife and becomes swept up in the current of revolution in this incisive period drama from the great Shohei Imamura

September 11 (2002)

September 11 (2002)

IMDb: 6.9
2002

The effects of the 911 terrorist attacks are told from different points of view around the world

Profound Desires of

Profound Desires of the Gods (1968)

IMDb: 7.6
1968

An engineer from Tokyo arrives on a drought ridden tropical island to drill a well to power a nearby sugar mill He meets the inbred Futori family, hated by the locals for breaking religious customs

Vengeance Is Mine (1

Vengeance Is Mine (1979)

IMDb: 7.7
1979

Chronological exploits of Iwao Enokizu, a murderous thief on the run

The Insect Woman (19

The Insect Woman (1963)

IMDb: 7.4
1963

Life story of a woman born in poverty trying to succeed Through her many schemes, she faces her ups and downs in a cyclical nature, fueled mostly by self interest

The Pornographers (1

The Pornographers (1966)

IMDb: 7.2
1966

While avoiding the mob and local authorities, a world weary pornographer finds being a family man the most difficult as he wrestles with his own desires and afflictions

A Man Vanishes (1967

A Man Vanishes (1967)

IMDb: 7.2
1967

Plastics salesman Oshima disappeared without a word to anyone, and has been missing for two years Shohei Imamura and his crew follow Oshimas fiance Yoshie and actor Shigeru Tsuyuguchi as they investigate the disappearance