Shōhei Imamura Movies

Set in Kawaguchi in the early 60s, this simple story chronicles the lives of foundry families and one girl's dreams of higher education.

In 1906, after finishing a tough migrant job in the Philippines, Takichi has returned to Japan. He starts to work as a rickshaw driver, but his lover...

Documentary about Japanese film director Shohei Imamura.

Sonejiro sacrifices all comfort to devote himself to research. Young housewife Yachiyo is disappointed with her husband Kappei, who is more attracted...

The female members of the family of the Minister of Health and Welfare, who has just proposed a program of birth control, become pregnant one after...

In Thailand, three Japanese soldiers, left in the jungle more than a quarter of a century after their country's defeat, come together to discuss what...

Famed filmmaker tracks down former Japanese soldiers in Malaysia.

Shohei Imamura’s short documentary.