Tadashi Imai

Tadashi Imai
Born January 8, 1912(1912-01-08)
Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
Died November 2, 1991(1991-11-02) (aged 79)
Occupation Film director

Tadashi Imai (今井 正 Imai Tadashi?, January 8, 1912 - November 22, 1991) was a Japanese film director known for social realist filmmaking informed by a left-wing perspective.[1]

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Awards

Berlin Film Festival

He won the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 8th Berlin International Film Festival for his work on Jun'ai monogatari.[2] At the 13th Berlin International Film Festival his film Bushidô zankoku monogatari won the Golden Bear.[3]

Blue Ribbon Awards

He won the award for Best Director at the 1st Blue Ribbon Awards for Until We Meet Again,[4] at the 7th Blue Ribbon Awards for Mahiru no ankoku[5] and at the 8th Blue Ribbon Awards for The Rice People.[6]

Selected filmography

References

  1. ^ "Imai Tadashi" (in Japanese). Nihon jinmei jiten. Kōdansha. http://kotobank.jp/word/%E4%BB%8A%E4%BA%95%E6%AD%A3. Retrieved 27 October 2010. 
  2. ^ "Berlin Film Festival: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1958/03_preistr_ger_1958/03_Preistraeger_1958.html. Retrieved 2010-01-02. 
  3. ^ "Berlinale: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1963/03_preistr_ger_1963/03_Preistraeger_1963.html. Retrieved 2010-02-13. 
  4. ^ "ブルーリボン賞ヒストリー" (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/b_award/1950/. Retrieved 2010-01-17. 
  5. ^ "ブルーリボン賞ヒストリー" (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/b_award/1956/. Retrieved 2010-01-17. 
  6. ^ "ブルーリボン賞ヒストリー" (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/b_award/1957/. Retrieved 2010-01-17. 

External links

Films directed by Tadashi Imai