Shohei Imamura's best films, ranked
The top 3 according to 0 votes from people: The Ballad of Narayama (1983) · Vengeance Is Mine (1979) · The Eel (1997). (Updated Jun 9, 2020.)
Imamura won the Palme d'Or twice, for The Ballad of Narayama and The Eel. From his raucous 'heavy comedies' to true crime, his best films from the ciatr and Cinema Rank rankings.
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Top 14
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1
The Ballad of Narayama (1983)
The legend of abandoning the elderly on a mountain; Palme d'Or at Cannes.
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2
Vengeance Is Mine (1979)
Ken Ogata as a serial killer in a true-crime drama.
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3
The Eel (1997)
Starring Koji Yakusho; his second Palme d'Or.
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4
The Insect Woman (1963)
Sachiko Hidari won best actress at the Berlin festival.
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5
Intentions of Murder (1964)
Starring Masumi Harukawa; the film Imamura named his own best.
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6
Pigs and Battleships (1961)
A 'heavy comedy' about small-time hoods in Yokosuka.
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7
Black Rain (1989)
From Masuji Ibuse's novel; Yoshiko Tanaka as a woman exposed to the Hiroshima fallout.
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8
Profound Desires of the Gods (1968)
His first colour film, shot over a long stay on an Okinawan island.
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9
A Man Vanishes (1967)
A documentary following the search for a missing fiancé.
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10
Dr. Akagi (1998)
A country doctor fighting hepatitis in wartime Okayama.
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11
Endless Desire (1958)
A group of crooks dig for buried morphine.
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12
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (2001)
Koji Yakusho and Misa Shimizu; his last feature.
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13
Zegen (1987)
Ken Ogata as a Meiji-era procurer.
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14
Eijanaika (1981)
The frenzy of ordinary people at the end of the shogunate.
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