- Films
- 20
- Avg rating
- 7.35
- Peak run
- 1968’97
- 7+ run
- 10 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As a director, films with 1,000+ votes
Shōhei by the numbers
Average
7.35
12 rated films
Vote weighted
7.35
bigger films count more
Median
7.4
half are better
Consistency
±0.35
rating spread
Career
45y
1958 to 2002
Total votes
58.2K
across every film
Best
7.8
The Ballad of Narayama
Worst
6.8
September 11
Newest first
Filmography
| 1967 | A Man Vanishes | Shôhei Imamura | · | 922 |
Better together?
Shōhei Imamura's regulars
- Toshirō MayuzumiComposer · 9 films · 7.40 avg
- Shinsaku HimedaCinematographer · 8 films · 7.42 avg
- Shinichirô IkebeComposer · 6 films · 7.35 avg
- Kō NishimuraDirector and actor · 5 films · 7.60 avg▲+0.28
- Mitsuko BaishōDirector and actor · 5 films · 7.20 avg▼−0.09
- Ken OgataDirector and actor · 4 films · 7.70 avg▲+0.37
- Masao TochizawaCinematographer · 4 films · 7.65 avg
- Hiroyuki NagatoDirector and actor · 4 films · 7.40 avg▲+0.36
- Shigeru KomatsubaraCinematographer · 4 films · 7.25 avg
- Shigeru TsuyuguchiDirector and actor · 3 films · 7.60 avg▲+0.13
- Shōichi OzawaDirector and actor · 3 films · 7.60 avg▲+0.28
- Keiji HasebeWriter · 3 films · 7.47 avg▲+0.16
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Shōhei Imamura
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