There is a full obituary in today's NY Times.

On May 31, 2006, at 8:27 AM, Markus Nornes wrote:

> I haven't seen this in the Western press, so I thought I would pass  
> on the sad news that Imamura Shohei passed away yesterday at the  
> age of 79. He had an operation for liver cancer last year.
>
> I always loved his work. Vengeance is Mine was one of the films  
> that sucked me into Japanese cinema study. Although I know many  
> disagree, I thought his contribution to the 9/11 omnibus film,  
> about a WWII vet who wants to be a snake and not a human, was the  
> best of the bunch. I was his last film.
>
> Markus Nornes
> University of Michigan
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