Education
Born in Saitama Prefecture, he attended the Kobe University of Commerce (the precursor to Kobe University) but left before graduating.
今村 太平
Born in Saitama Prefecture, he attended the Kobe University of Commerce (the precursor to Kobe University) but left before graduating.
In 1935 he helped found the film dojinshi Eiga shūdan (Film Collective). He was also the first in Japan to pursue an extensive study of animated film. After World World War II, he became the publisher of the journals Eiga bunka (Film Culture) and Eizō bunka (Image Culture).
In his later years, he penned a study of the novelist Naoya Shiga.
He published over 27 books during his career. Anime directors such as Isao Takahata have expressed their debt to Imamura and Studio Ghibli has republished his book on animation.