Imamura Double Bill

The Eel (18)

This event has already taken place and ended on 8 Nov 2009

This quirky, surreal and affecting film, following the attempts of a convicted murderer to reintegrate himself into normal life - with the help of his eel friend - after a prison sentence for murdering his philandering wife, won Imamura his second Palme d'Or. A flash of quiet brilliance that resonates long after the images have faded from the screen.

Dir. Shohei Imamura Japan 1997 1h 57m Subtitled

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Vengeance is Mine (18)

This event has already taken place and ended on 8 Nov 2009

Based on the true story of a cold-blooded sociopath, this morally-ambivalent story unfolds using the killer's confessions and reconstructed testimonies to retrace his past in an attempt to discover what made this monster. Exploring the problems inherent with reconstructing real-life events within a fictional format, Imamura once again proves himself ahead of the game.

Dir. Shohei Imamura Japan 1979 2h 20m Subtitled

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Pigs, Eels & Insects: Reassessing The Legacy of Shohei Imamura

Arnolfini presents a season of films by Shohei Imamura, the only Japanese director to twice win the Palme d'Or. Known for his interest in the pimps, serial killers and prostitutes of Japanese society and for his irrepressible heroines, Imamura was a multi-faceted director, equally capable of the bawdy, irreverent stuff of his bold 60s new wave titles and later more austere and delicate films. Always with a glint in his eye, his anthropological brand of cinema continued to push the boundaries of both form and content over more than 40 years. 

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For Japenese film lovers you can also catch Ghost in the Shell 2.0 at Watershed during October.