Watch Order
0 / 12 watchedTwelve key films in release order.
About Shohei Imamura
Shohei Imamura assisted Ozu then rejected him for low lives. Pigs and Battleships from 1961 satirizes Yokosuka base pigs and scandalized Nikkatsu. Insect Woman from 1963 and Pornographers from 1966 follow survivors. Profound Desires of the Gods from 1968 runs island epic.
Vengeance Is Mine from 1979 won Japan Academy picture on a killer. Ballad of Narayama from 1983 won the Palme on mountain abandonment. Black Rain from 1989 takes Hiroshima aftermath. The Eel from 1997 won a second Palme, first Japanese double. Dr Akagi from 1998 and Warm Water Under a Red Bridge from 2001 close the run. Imamura died in 2006.
Good to know
Watch in release order. The two Palme winners sit fourteen years apart and share village ritual roots. Vengeance Is Mine runs over two hours on a real case. Black Rain plays heaviest, pair it with Dr Akagi lightness after. Start with Pigs and Battleships for energy, then Ballad of Narayama for the peak.
