Nagisa Ōshima
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 (58)
Short Cuts : In the Realm of the Senses
2016 · Original Film Writer
The Oshima Gang
2010
What's a Director?
2006
Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions
2002 · Himself
Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano
2000 · Self
Taboo
1999 · Director, Screenplay
Level Five
1997 · Self
BeRLiN
1995
100 Years of Japanese Cinema
1995 · Self - Narrator (voice), Director, Writer
Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema
1993 · Self
Kyoto, My Mother's Place
1991 · Himself, Director, Writer
ΦIDEA
1988
Max My Love
1986 · Director, Writer
The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima
1985 · Self
De droomproducenten
1984 · Self
The Oshima Gang
1983 · Self
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
1983 · Director, Screenplay
The Man Who Left His Soul on Film
1983
A Visit to Ogawa Productions
1981 · Himself
Cinématon
1978 · N°806
Empire of Passion
1978 · Director, Writer
Yokoi and His Twenty-Eight Years of Secret Life on Guam
1977 · Self - Interviewer, Director
Yakuza Graveyard
1976 · Chief Omura
In the Realm of the Senses
1976 · Director, Writer
A Life of Mao
1976 · Director, Writer
Rahman: Father of Bengal
1973 · Interviewer, Director
The Journey of the Blind Musicians
1972 · Director
Dear Summer Sister
1972 · Director, Writer
ジョイ！バングラ
1972 · Director
The Giants
1972 · Director
The Ceremony
1971 · Director, Screenplay
The Man Who Left His Will on Film
1970 · Director, Story
Boy
1969 · Director
Mao Tse-Tung and the Cultural Revolution
1969 · Director, Writer
Diary of a Shinjuku Thief
1969 · Editor, Director, Writer
When Twilight Draws Near
1969 · Writer
Band of Ninja Pilot
1969 · Director
The Greater East Asian War
1968 · Director, Writer
Three Resurrected Drunkards
1968 · Director, Writer
Death by Hanging
1968 · Narrator (voice), Director, Screenplay, Producer
Japanese Summer: Double Suicide
1967 · Director, Writer
Sing a Song of Sex
1967 · Director, Writer
Band of Ninja
1967 · Screenplay, Director, Producer
Violence at Noon
1966 · Director
Diary of Yunbogi
1965 · Director, Writer, Producer
Pleasures of the Flesh
1965 · Director, Screenplay
A Rebel's Fortress
1964 · Director, Screenplay
Watashi-wa beretto
1964 · Director, Screenplay
The Forgotten Imperial Army
1963 · Director, Screenplay
Chiisana bōken ryokō
1963 · Director
The Christian Revolt
1962 · Director, Writer
The Catch
1961 · Director
Night and Fog in Japan
1960 · Director, Writer
The Sun's Burial
1960 · Director, Screenplay
Cruel Story of Youth
1960 · Director, Screenplay
A Town of Love and Hope
1959 · Director, Writer
Donto ikōze
1959 · Screenplay
Tomorrow's Sun
1959 · Director, Writer
