Nagisa Ōshima

Known for: Directing
Born: March 31, 1932, Okayama, Japan
Died: January 15, 2013
Movies: 63

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.

Best-Known Movies

6.6

In the Realm of the Senses

1976

7.3

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

1983

6.8

Empire of Passion

1978

6.6

Taboo

1999

7.5

Death by Hanging

1968

6.6

Cruel Story of Youth

1960

7.2

Boy

1969

6.8

The Ceremony

1971

6.2

Violence at Noon

1966

6.6

Yakuza Graveyard

1976

Filmography

2010	The Oshima Gang
2006	What's a Director?
2002	Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions	Himself
2000	Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano	Self
1997	Level Five	Self
1995	BeRLiN
1995	100 Years of Japanese Cinema	Self - Narrator (voice)
1993	Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema	Self
1991	Kyoto, My Mother's Place	Himself
1988	ΦIDEA
1985	The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima	Self
1984	De droomproducenten	Self
1983	The Oshima Gang	Self
1983	The Man Who Left His Soul on Film
1981	A Visit to Ogawa Productions	Himself
1978	Cinématon	N°806
1977	Yokoi and His Twenty-Eight Years of Secret Life on Guam	Self - Interviewer
1976	Yakuza Graveyard	Chief Omura
1976	A Life of Mao
1973	Rahman: Father of Bengal	Interviewer
1968	Death by Hanging	Narrator (voice)

Directing, Writing & Producing

1999	Taboo	Director, Screenplay
1995	100 Years of Japanese Cinema	Director, Writer
1991	Kyoto, My Mother's Place	Director, Writer
1986	Max My Love	Director, Writer
1983	Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence	Director, Screenplay
1978	Empire of Passion	Director, Writer
1977	Yokoi and His Twenty-Eight Years of Secret Life on Guam	Director
1976	In the Realm of the Senses	Director, Writer
1976	A Life of Mao	Director, Writer
1973	Rahman: Father of Bengal	Director
1972	The Journey of the Blind Musicians	Director
1972	Dear Summer Sister	Director, Writer
1972	ジョイ！バングラ	Director
1972	The Giants	Director
1971	The Ceremony	Director, Screenplay
1970	The Man Who Left His Will on Film	Director
1969	Boy	Director
1969	Mao Tse-Tung and the Cultural Revolution	Director, Writer
1969	When Twilight Draws Near	Writer
1969	Diary of a Shinjuku Thief	Director, Writer
1969	Band of Ninja Pilot	Director
1968	The Greater East Asian War	Director, Writer
1968	Three Resurrected Drunkards	Director, Writer
1968	Death by Hanging	Director, Screenplay, Producer
1967	Japanese Summer: Double Suicide	Director, Writer
1967	Sing a Song of Sex	Director, Writer
1967	Band of Ninja	Screenplay, Director, Producer
1966	Violence at Noon	Director
1965	Diary of Yunbogi	Director, Writer, Producer
1965	Pleasures of the Flesh	Director, Screenplay
1964	A Rebel's Fortress	Director, Screenplay
1964	Watashi-wa beretto	Director, Screenplay
1963	The Forgotten Imperial Army	Director, Screenplay
1963	Chiisana bōken ryokō	Director
1962	The Christian Revolt	Director, Writer
1961	The Catch	Director
1960	Night and Fog in Japan	Director, Writer
1960	The Sun's Burial	Director, Screenplay
1960	Cruel Story of Youth	Director, Screenplay
1959	Street of Love and Hope	Director, Writer
1959	Donto ikōze	Screenplay
1959	Tomorrow's Sun	Director, Writer

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