Shōhei Imamura Movies
- 1956
Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District
Suzaki Paradise: Red Light District71956HD
A jobless young couple, Yoshigi and Tsutue, wind up at the outskirts of the Suzaki red-light district in Tokyo. Tsutue talks her way into a job...
- 1955
Till We Meet Again
Till We Meet Again6.21955HD
Jiro Sone sacrifices all comfort to devote himself to research. Young housewife Yachiyo is disappointed with her husband Kappei, who is more...
- 1981
Why Not?
Why Not?6.41981HD
The film depicts carnivalesque atmosphere summed up by the cry "Ei ja nai ka" ("Why not?") in Japan in 1867 and 1868 in the days leading to the Meiji...
- 1968
Profound Desires of the Gods
Profound Desires of the Gods7.51968HD
Tokyo engineer Kariya arrives on a primitive tropical island, where he interacts with the Futori clan, to drill a well to power a sugar mill.
- 1955
The Moon Has Risen
The Moon Has Risen6.7731955HD
Mokichi is the widowed father of three daughters, with whom he lives on the premises of a temple since the war. All three daughters become involved...
- 1983
I Lived, But...
I Lived, But...6.51983HD
An extremely lovely tribute to Ozu, on the 20th anniversary of his death. It uses a combination of footage from vintage films and new material (both...
- 2002
11’09”01—September 11
11’09”01—September 116.42002HD
Filmmakers from all over the world provide short films – each of which is eleven minutes, nine seconds, and one frame of film in length –...
- 1972
The Pirates of Buban
The Pirates of Buban6.51972HD
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...
- 1958
Endless Desire
Endless Desire6.51958HD
Set in post-war Japan, a group of five, four men and one woman, gathers in the basement of a butcher shop to dig up a cache of morphine buried during...
- 1959
My Second Brother
My Second Brother6.41959HD
The film tells the story of four orphans living in an impoverished mining town. An adaptation of a best-selling book based on the diary of a...
- 1955
Tales of Ginza
Tales of Ginza6.81955HD
In the thriving Tokyo neighborhood of Ginza, a woman in the process of selling her estranged husband’s art collection attempts to identify the...
- 1956
Our Town
Our Town6.81956HD
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...
- 1956
The Balloon
The Balloon6.31956HD
Haruki Murakami is a successful family man and the head of a camera company. Unbeknownst to Murakami, his arrogant son oscillates between a mistress...
- 1962
Foundry Town
Foundry Town7.61962HD
Set in Kawaguchi in the early 60s, this simple story chronicles the lives of foundry families and one girl's dreams of higher education.
- 1967
A Man Vanishes
A Man Vanishes6.91967HD
A Man Vanishes examines the concept of Johatsu, tackling the phenomenon of people missing in Japan over the years. It picks one such person from the...
- 1963
A Modern Samurai Village
A Modern Samurai Village01963HD
Tajima Yumi, in grade school, is overjoyed when her father says they are moving to an apartment in a big city. But the beautiful home she had...
- 1955
Burden of Love
Burden of Love6.81955HD
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...
- 1963
The Gambling Monk
The Gambling Monk01963HD
One summer day, the chief monk of the Hojuin Temple dies. Harumichi rushes back to town hearing about his brother's death and requests for a grand...
- 1968
East China Sea
East China Sea01968HD
Rokurō starts a part-time job on a fishing boat, but the ship has an engine failure in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
- 1957
Mountain Pass
Mountain Pass01957HD
Adaptation of Jirō Osaragi's novel.