Nagisa Ōshima
Biography
Nagisa Ōshima (大島 渚, Ōshima Nagisa; 31 March 1932 – 15 January 2013) was a Japanese filmmaker, writer, and left-wing activist best known for his fiction feature films, of which he directed 23 in a career spanning from 1959 to 1999. He is often regarded as one of the greatest Japanese directors of all time, and as one of the most important figures of the Japanese New Wave, alongside Shōhei Imamura. His filmmaking style bold, innovative and provocative, common themes include youthful rebellion, class and racial discrimination, and taboo sexuality.
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Movies (49)
Short Cuts : In the Realm of the Senses
Original Film Writer (Writing)
2016
The Oshima Gang
2010
What's a Director?
2006
Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions
as Himself
2002
Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano
2000
Taboo
Director (Directing)
1999
Level Five
as Self
1997
100 Years of Japanese Cinema
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1995
Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema
as Self
1993
Kyoto, My Mother's Place
as Himself
1991
ΦIDEA
1988
Max My Love
Director (Directing)
1986
The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima
as Self
1985
The Oshima Gang
as Self
1983
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
Director (Directing)
1983
The Man Who Left His Soul on Film
1983
A Visit to Ogawa Productions
as Himself
1981
Cinématon
as N°806
1978
Empire of Passion
Director (Directing)
1978
Yokoi and His Twenty-Eight Years of Secret Life on Guam
as Self - Interviewer
1977
Yakuza Graveyard
as Chief Omura
1976
In the Realm of the Senses
Director (Directing)
1976
A Life of Mao
1976
Rahman: Father of Bengal
as Interviewer
1973
The Journey of the Blind Musicians
Director (Directing)
1972
Dear Summer Sister
Director (Directing)
1972
ジョイ！バングラ
Director (Directing)
1972
The Giants
Director (Directing)
1972
The Ceremony
Director (Directing)
1971
The Man Who Left His Will on Film
Director (Directing)
1970
Boy
Director (Directing)
1969
Mao Tse-Tung and the Cultural Revolution
Director (Directing)
1969
Diary of a Shinjuku Thief
Editor (Editing)
1969
When Twilight Draws Near
Writer (Writing)
1969
Band of Ninja Pilot
Director (Directing)
1969
The Greater East Asian War
Director (Directing)
1968
Three Resurrected Drunkards
Writer (Writing)
1968
Death by Hanging
as Narrator (voice)
1968
Japanese Summer: Double Suicide
Writer (Writing)
1967
Sing a Song of Sex
Director (Directing)
1967
Band of Ninja
Screenplay (Writing)
1967
Violence at Noon
Director (Directing)
1966
Diary of Yunbogi
Director (Directing)
1965
Pleasures of the Flesh
Director (Directing)
1965
A Rebel's Fortress
Screenplay (Writing)
1964
My Bellett
Director (Directing)
1964
The Forgotten Imperial Army
Director (Directing)
1963
The Christian Revolt
Writer (Writing)
1962
The Catch
Director (Directing)
1961
