Shōhei Imamura Movies

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...

Rokurō starts a part-time job on a fishing boat, but the ship has an engine failure in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

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...

“In Search of Unreturned Soldiers was about former soldiers of the Japanese army who chose not to return to Japan after the war. I found...

A series of eight famous pieces of classical music, conducted by Leopold Stokowski and interpreted in Toys and Plush by Diecast Stories team of...

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...

Shohei Imamura’s short documentary.

Adaptation of Jirō Osaragi's novel.

Famed filmmaker tracks down former Japanese soldiers in Malaysia.

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...

Reiko has been married for four years and is now in her 30s, the prime of her life. Unable to use her voluptuous body, she cheats on her husband...