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Shôhei Imamura
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Asia-Pacific Film Festival (1)
Berlin International Film Festival (2)
Cannes Film Festival (7)
César Awards, France (1)
Ghent International Film Festival (2)
Film Independent Spirit Awards (2)
Awards of the Japanese Academy (11)
Pusan International Film Festival (1)
Venice Film Festival (1)
Sant Jordi Awards (1)
Kinema Junpo Awards (10)
Mainichi Film Concours (7)
Blue Ribbon Awards (8)
Joseph Plateau Awards (1)
Turia Awards (1)
Nikkan Sports Film Awards (2)
Telluride Film Festival, US (1)
Asian Film Critics Association Awards (1)
Cahiers du Cinéma (3)
The Guardian's Best Films (1)
46 wins & 18 nominations
Asia-Pacific Film Festival
1997 Winner
APFF Award
Best Director
The Eel
Berlin International Film Festival
1964 Nominee
Golden Berlin Bear
The Insect Woman
1960 Nominee
Golden Berlin Bear
My Second Brother
Cannes Film Festival
2001 Nominee
Palme d'Or
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
1997 Winner
Palme d'Or
The Eel
Tied with
Taste of Cherry (1997)
.
1989 Winner
Technical Grand Prize
Black Rain
1989 Winner
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention
Black Rain
1989 Nominee
Palme d'Or
Black Rain
2 more
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César Awards, France
2003 Nominee
César
Best European Union Film (Meilleur film de l'Union Européenne)
September 11
Shared with:
Youssef Chahine
·
Amos Gitai
·
Alejandro G. Iñárritu
·
Claude Lelouch
·
Ken Loach
·
Samira Makhmalbaf
·
Mira Nair
·
Idrissa Ouedraogo
·
Sean Penn
·
Danis Tanovic
Ghent International Film Festival
1998 Winner
Joseph Plateau Honorary Award
1989 Winner
Grand Prix
Black Rain
Film Independent Spirit Awards
1999 Nominee
Independent Spirit Award
Best Foreign Film
The Eel
Japan.
1991 Nominee
Independent Spirit Award
Best Foreign Film
Black Rain
Japan.
Awards of the Japanese Academy
2007 Winner
Lifetime Achievement Award
1999 Nominee
Award of the Japanese Academy
Best Director
Dr. Akagi
1999 Nominee
Award of the Japanese Academy
Best Screenplay
Dr. Akagi
Shared with:
Daisuke Tengan
1998 Winner
Award of the Japanese Academy
Best Director
The Eel
1998 Nominee
Award of the Japanese Academy
Best Screenplay
The Eel
Shared with:
Daisuke Tengan
·
Motofumi Tomikawa
6 more
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Pusan International Film Festival
1998 Winner
Hand Printing
Venice Film Festival
2002 Winner
UNESCO Award
September 11
Shared with:
Youssef Chahine
·
Amos Gitai
·
Alejandro G. Iñárritu
·
Claude Lelouch
·
Ken Loach
·
Samira Makhmalbaf
·
Mira Nair
·
Idrissa Ouedraogo
·
Sean Penn
·
Danis Tanovic
Sant Jordi Awards
1991 Winner
Sant Jordi
Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)
Black Rain
Kinema Junpo Awards
1998 Winner
Kinema Junpo Award
Best Film
The Eel
1990 Winner
Kinema Junpo Award
Best Film
Black Rain
1990 Winner
Kinema Junpo Award
Best Director
Black Rain
1980 Winner
Kinema Junpo Award
Best Film
Vengeance Is Mine
1980 Winner
Kinema Junpo Award
Best Director
Vengeance Is Mine
5 more
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Mainichi Film Concours
2007 Winner
Special Award
1998 Winner
Mainichi Film Concours
Best Director
The Eel
1990 Winner
Mainichi Film Concours
Best Film
Black Rain
1969 Winner
Mainichi Film Concours
Best Film
Profound Desires of the Gods
1969 Winner
Mainichi Film Concours
Best Screenplay
Profound Desires of the Gods
Shared with:
Keiji Hasebe
2 more
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Blue Ribbon Awards
2007 Winner
Special Award
1980 Winner
Blue Ribbon Award
Best Film
Vengeance Is Mine
1980 Winner
Blue Ribbon Award
Best Director
Vengeance Is Mine
1964 Winner
Blue Ribbon Award
Best Film
The Insect Woman
1964 Winner
Blue Ribbon Award
Best Director
The Insect Woman
3 more
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Joseph Plateau Awards
1998 Winner
Joseph Plateau Life Achievement Award
Turia Awards
1992 Winner
Turia Award
Best Foreign Film
Black Rain
Nikkan Sports Film Awards
2006 Winner
Special Award
1989 Winner
Nikkan Sports Film Award
Best Director
Black Rain
Telluride Film Festival, US
1989 Winner
Silver Medallion Award
Asian Film Critics Association Awards
1999 Nominee
NETPAC Award
Best Director
Dr. Akagi
Cahiers du Cinéma
1998 Nominee
Top 10 Film Award
Best Film
Dr. Akagi
Second Place
1997 Nominee
Top 10 Film Award
Best Film
The Eel
Fourth Place; tied with
The River (1997)
1989 Nominee
Top 10 Film Award
Best Film
Black Rain
Seventh Place; tied with
Thick Skinned (1989)
and
Little Vera (1988)
The Guardian's Best Films
2009 Winner
Top Film
Top 10 Key Films of the Noughties
September 11
Shared with:
Samira Makhmalbaf
·
Youssef Chahine
·
Alejandro G. Iñárritu
·
Claude Lelouch
·
Mira Nair
·
Idrissa Ouedraogo
·
Sean Penn
·
Danis Tanovic
·
Amos Gitai
·
Ken Loach
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