Shōhei Imamura Movies

This short comedy concerns the extramarital affair of a drugstore owner. It is based on a popular song by the star of the film, Frank Nagai.

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...

By going to the Philippines, Imamura comes to meet people living in an extreme poverty. He discovers very quickly that some communities are under the...

Postwar Japan as it is described by Etsuko, the manager of a bar catering to foreigners in Yokosuka. The way of life of a woman brimming with...

Karayuki-san, the Making of a Prostitute is a 1975 Japanese film by director Shohei Imamura. It is a documentary on one of the Japanese...

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...

Adaptation of Jirō Osaragi's novel.

Famed filmmaker tracks down former Japanese soldiers in Malaysia.

Documentary about Japanese film director Shohei Imamura.

Shohei Imamura’s short documentary.