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Shōhei Imamura

Awards

Shōhei Imamura

46 wins & 19 nominations

Asia-Pacific Film Festival

  • The Eel (1997)
    1997 Winner APFF Award
    • Best Director
    • The Eel

Berlin International Film Festival

  • The Insect Woman (1963)
    1964 Nominee Golden Berlin Bear
    • The Insect Woman
  • My Second Brother (1959)
    1960 Nominee Golden Berlin Bear
    • My Second Brother

Cannes Film Festival

  • Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (2001)
    2001 Nominee Palme d'Or
    • Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
  • The Eel (1997)
    1997 Winner Palme d'Or
    • The Eel
    Tied with Taste of Cherry (1997).
  • Black Rain (1989)
    1989 Winner Technical Grand Prize
    • Black Rain
  • Black Rain (1989)
    1989 Winner Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention
    • Black Rain
  • Black Rain (1989)
    1989 Nominee Palme d'Or
    • Black Rain

César Awards, France

  • September 11 (2002)
    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

  • Shōhei Imamura
    1998 Winner Joseph Plateau Honorary Award
  • Black Rain (1989)
    1989 Winner Grand Prix
    • Black Rain

Film Independent Spirit Awards

  • The Eel (1997)
    1999 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Foreign Film
    • The Eel
    Japan.
  • Black Rain (1989)
    1991 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Foreign Film
    • Black Rain
    Japan.

Awards of the Japanese Academy

  • Shōhei Imamura
    2007 Winner Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Kumiko Asō and Akira Emoto in Dr. Akagi (1998)
    1999 Nominee Award of the Japanese Academy
    • Best Director
    • Dr. Akagi
  • Kumiko Asō and Akira Emoto in Dr. Akagi (1998)
    1999 Nominee Award of the Japanese Academy
    • Best Screenplay
    • Dr. Akagi
    Shared with: Daisuke Tengan
  • The Eel (1997)
    1998 Winner Award of the Japanese Academy
    • Best Director
    • The Eel
  • The Eel (1997)
    1998 Nominee Award of the Japanese Academy
    • Best Screenplay
    • The Eel
    Shared with: Daisuke Tengan · Motofumi Tomikawa

Pusan International Film Festival

  • Shōhei Imamura
    1998 Winner Hand Printing

Venice Film Festival

  • September 11 (2002)
    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

  • Black Rain (1989)
    1991 Winner Sant Jordi
    • Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)
    • Black Rain

Kinema Junpo Awards

  • The Eel (1997)
    1998 Winner Kinema Junpo Award
    • Best Film
    • The Eel
  • Black Rain (1989)
    1990 Winner Kinema Junpo Award
    • Best Film
    • Black Rain
  • Black Rain (1989)
    1990 Winner Kinema Junpo Award
    • Best Director
    • Black Rain
  • Vengeance Is Mine (1979)
    1980 Winner Kinema Junpo Award
    • Best Film
    • Vengeance Is Mine
  • Vengeance Is Mine (1979)
    1980 Winner Kinema Junpo Award
    • Best Director
    • Vengeance Is Mine

Mainichi Film Concours

  • Shōhei Imamura
    2007 Winner Special Award
  • The Eel (1997)
    1998 Winner Mainichi Film Concours
    • Best Director
    • The Eel
  • Black Rain (1989)
    1990 Winner Mainichi Film Concours
    • Best Film
    • Black Rain
  • Profound Desires of the Gods (1968)
    1969 Winner Mainichi Film Concours
    • Best Film
    • Profound Desires of the Gods
  • Profound Desires of the Gods (1968)
    1969 Winner Mainichi Film Concours
    • Best Screenplay
    • Profound Desires of the Gods
    Shared with: Keiji Hasebe

Blue Ribbon Awards

  • Shōhei Imamura
    2007 Winner Special Award
  • Vengeance Is Mine (1979)
    1980 Winner Blue Ribbon Award
    • Best Film
    • Vengeance Is Mine
  • Vengeance Is Mine (1979)
    1980 Winner Blue Ribbon Award
    • Best Director
    • Vengeance Is Mine
  • The Insect Woman (1963)
    1964 Winner Blue Ribbon Award
    • Best Film
    • The Insect Woman
  • The Insect Woman (1963)
    1964 Winner Blue Ribbon Award
    • Best Director
    • The Insect Woman

Joseph Plateau Awards

  • Shōhei Imamura
    1998 Winner Joseph Plateau Life Achievement Award

Turia Awards

  • Black Rain (1989)
    1992 Winner Turia Award
    • Best Foreign Film
    • Black Rain

Nikkan Sports Film Awards

  • Shōhei Imamura
    2006 Winner Special Award
  • Black Rain (1989)
    1989 Winner Nikkan Sports Film Award
    • Best Director
    • Black Rain

Telluride Film Festival

  • Shōhei Imamura
    1989 Winner Silver Medallion Award

Asian Film Critics Association Awards

  • Kumiko Asō and Akira Emoto in Dr. Akagi (1998)
    1999 Nominee NETPAC Award
    • Best Director
    • Dr. Akagi

Cahiers du Cinéma

  • Kumiko Asō and Akira Emoto in Dr. Akagi (1998)
    1998 Nominee Top 10 Film Award
    • Best Film
    • Dr. Akagi
    Second Place
  • The Eel (1997)
    1997 Nominee Top 10 Film Award
    • Best Film
    • The Eel
    Fourth Place; tied with The River (1997)
  • Black Rain (1989)
    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

  • September 11 (2002)
    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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