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.
18
Films
0
TV Shows
37
Crew Credits
Known For
18 Credits
Death by Hanging
as Narrator (voice)
1968
Yakuza Graveyard
as Chief Omura
1976
Level Five
as Self
1997
Cinématon
as N°806
1978
100 Years of Japanese Cinema
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1995
What's a Director?
2006
ΦIDEA
1988
Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano
2000
The Man Who Left His Soul on Film
1983
Yokoi and His Twenty-Eight Years of Secret Life on Guam
as Self - Interviewer
1977
Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema
as Self
1993
Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions
as Himself
2002
Behind the Camera
37 Credits
In the Realm of the Senses
Director, Writer
1976
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
Director
1983
Taboo
Director
1999
Cruel Story of Youth
Director
1960
Empire of Passion
Director, Writer
1978
The Dawn of Asia
Director
1964
The Sun's Burial
Director
1960
The Catch
Director
1961
Boy
Director
1969
Death by Hanging
Director, Producer
1968
Sing a Song of Sex
Director, Writer
1967
Japanese Summer: Double Suicide
Writer, Director
1967