Nagisa Ōshima
Director · Actor · WriterNagisa 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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KNOWN FOR
FILMOGRAPHY
ACTOR20
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
Level Five
1997
Self
100 Years of Japanese Cinema
1995
Self - Narrator (voice)
Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema
1993
Self
Kyoto, My Mother's Place
1991
Himself
ΦIDEA
1988
The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima
1985
Self
De droomproducenten
1984
Self
The Oshima Gang
1983
Self
The Man Who Left His Soul on Film
1983
A Visit to Ogawa Productions
1981
Himself
Cinématon
1978
N°806
Yokoi and His Twenty-Eight Years of Secret Life on Guam
1977
Self - Interviewer
Yakuza Graveyard
1976
Chief Omura
A Life of Mao
1976
- Rahman: Father of Bengal
Rahman: Father of Bengal
1973
Interviewer
Death by Hanging
1968
Narrator (voice)
DIRECTOR39
Taboo
1999
Director
100 Years of Japanese Cinema
1995
Director
Kyoto, My Mother's Place
1991
Director
Max My Love
1986
Director
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
1983
Director
Empire of Passion
1978
Director
Yokoi and His Twenty-Eight Years of Secret Life on Guam
1977
Director
In the Realm of the Senses
1976
Director
A Life of Mao
1976
Director
- Rahman: Father of Bengal
Rahman: Father of Bengal
1973
Director
Dear Summer Sister
1972
Director
- The Journey of the Blind Musicians
The Journey of the Blind Musicians
1972
Director
The Giants
1972
Director
- ジョイ！バングラ
ジョイ！バングラ
1972
Director
The Ceremony
1971
Director
The Man Who Left His Will on Film
1970
Director
Mao Tse-Tung and the Cultural Revolution
1969
Director
Boy
1969
Director
Diary of a Shinjuku Thief
1969
Director
Band of Ninja Pilot
1969
Director
Death by Hanging
1968
Director
Three Resurrected Drunkards
1968
Director
The Greater East Asian War
1968
Director
Japanese Summer: Double Suicide
1967
Director
Sing a Song of Sex
1967
Director
Band of Ninja
1967
Director
Violence at Noon
1966
Director
Pleasures of the Flesh
1965
Director
Diary of Yunbogi
1965
Director
A Rebel's Fortress
1964
Director
Watashi-wa beretto
1964
Director
The Forgotten Imperial Army
1963
Director
The Christian Revolt
1962
Director
The Catch
1961
Director
Cruel Story of Youth
1960
Director
Night and Fog in Japan
1960
Director
The Sun's Burial
1960
Director
Street of Love and Hope
1959
Director
Tomorrow's Sun
1959
Director
WRITER33
Short Cuts : In the Realm of the Senses
2016
Original Film Writer
Taboo
1999
Screenplay
100 Years of Japanese Cinema
1995
Writer
Kyoto, My Mother's Place
1991
Writer
Max My Love
1986
Writer
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
1983
Screenplay
Empire of Passion
1978
Writer
A Life of Mao
1976
Writer
In the Realm of the Senses
1976
Writer
Dear Summer Sister
1972
Writer
The Ceremony
1971
Screenplay
The Man Who Left His Will on Film
1970
Story
When Twilight Draws Near
1969
Writer
Diary of a Shinjuku Thief
1969
Writer
Mao Tse-Tung and the Cultural Revolution
1969
Writer
Three Resurrected Drunkards
1968
Writer
Death by Hanging
1968
Screenplay
The Greater East Asian War
1968
Writer
Japanese Summer: Double Suicide
1967
Writer
Sing a Song of Sex
1967
Writer
Band of Ninja
1967
Screenplay
Pleasures of the Flesh
1965
Screenplay
Diary of Yunbogi
1965
Writer
A Rebel's Fortress
1964
Screenplay
Watashi-wa beretto
1964
Screenplay
The Forgotten Imperial Army
1963
Screenplay
The Christian Revolt
1962
Writer
Night and Fog in Japan
1960
Writer
The Sun's Burial
1960
Screenplay
Cruel Story of Youth
1960
Screenplay
Street of Love and Hope
1959
Writer
Tomorrow's Sun
1959
Writer
Donto ikōze
1959
Screenplay
