Nagisa Ōshima

WriterActorDirectorEditorProducer Mar 31 (died age 80) Okayama, Japan 1959–2016 (57 year career)

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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, c…

Known For

Film

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

Director

Film

In the Realm of the Senses

Director

Film

Death by Hanging

Narrator (voice)

Film

Empire of Passion

Director

Film

Taboo

Director

Film

Boy

Director

Film

Cruel Story of Youth

Director

Film

The Ceremony

Director

Filmography

Acting (19)

Movies (19)

The Oshima Gang

2010

What's a Director?

2006

Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions

2002

as Himself

Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano

2000

Level Five

1997

as Self

6.0

100 Years of Japanese Cinema

1995

as Self - Narrator (voice)

5.8

Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema

1993

as Self

6.5

Kyoto, My Mother's Place

1991

as Himself

6.0

ΦIDEA

1988

The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima

1985

as Self

3.5

The Oshima Gang

1983

as Self

The Man Who Left His Soul on Film

1983

A Visit to Ogawa Productions

1981

as Himself

Cinématon

1978

as N°806

4.3

Yokoi and His Twenty-Eight Years of Secret Life on Guam

1977

as Self - Interviewer

Yakuza Graveyard

1976

as Chief Omura

6.5

A Life of Mao

1976

Rahman: Father of Bengal

1973

as Interviewer

Death by Hanging

1968

as Narrator (voice)

7.4

Crew (77)

Movies (76)

Short Cuts : In the Realm of the Senses

2016

Original Film Writer

Taboo

Director

Taboo

Screenplay

100 Years of Japanese Cinema

1995

Director

5.8

100 Years of Japanese Cinema

1995

Writer

5.8

Kyoto, My Mother's Place

1991

Director

6.0

Kyoto, My Mother's Place

Writer

Max My Love

Director

Max My Love

Writer

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

1983

Director

7.3

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

Screenplay

Empire of Passion

Director

Empire of Passion

Writer

Yokoi and His Twenty-Eight Years of Secret Life on Guam

1977

Director

In the Realm of the Senses

1976

Director

6.6

In the Realm of the Senses

1976

Writer

6.6

A Life of Mao

1976

Director

A Life of Mao

1976

Writer

Rahman: Father of Bengal

1973

Director

Dear Summer Sister

Director

Dear Summer Sister

Writer

The Giants

Director

The Journey of the Blind Musicians

1972

Director

ジョイ！バングラ

1972

Director

The Ceremony

Director

The Ceremony

Screenplay

The Man Who Left His Will on Film

1970

Director

5.7

The Man Who Left His Will on Film

1970

Story

5.7

When Twilight Draws Near

1969

Writer

6.4

Mao Tse-Tung and the Cultural Revolution

1969

Director

Mao Tse-Tung and the Cultural Revolution

1969

Writer

Boy

1969

Director

7.2

Diary of a Shinjuku Thief

1969

Director

4.6

Diary of a Shinjuku Thief

1969

Editor

4.6

Diary of a Shinjuku Thief

1969

Writer

4.6

Band of Ninja Pilot

1969

Director

Death by Hanging

Director

Death by Hanging

Producer

Death by Hanging

Screenplay

Three Resurrected Drunkards

1968

Director

5.4

Three Resurrected Drunkards

1968

Writer

5.4

The Greater East Asian War

1968

Director

The Greater East Asian War

1968

Writer

Japanese Summer: Double Suicide

1967

Director

5.4

Japanese Summer: Double Suicide

Writer

Sing a Song of Sex

Director

Sing a Song of Sex

Writer

Band of Ninja

Director

Band of Ninja

Producer

Band of Ninja

Screenplay

Violence at Noon

Director

Pleasures of the Flesh

1965

Director

5.6

Pleasures of the Flesh

Screenplay

Diary of Yunbogi

Director

Diary of Yunbogi

Producer

Diary of Yunbogi

Writer

My Bellett

Director

My Bellett

Screenplay

A Rebel's Fortress

Director

A Rebel's Fortress

1964

Screenplay

The Forgotten Imperial Army

1963

Director

6.0

The Forgotten Imperial Army

Screenplay

The Christian Revolt

Director

The Christian Revolt

Writer

The Catch

Director

Cruel Story of Youth

Director

Cruel Story of Youth

Screenplay

The Sun's Burial

Director

The Sun's Burial

Screenplay

Night and Fog in Japan

1960

Director

6.4

Night and Fog in Japan

1960

Writer

6.4

Street of Love and Hope

1959

Director

6.6

Street of Love and Hope

Writer

Tomorrow's Sun

Director

Tomorrow's Sun

Writer

Donto ikōze

Screenplay

Television (1)

The Dawn of Asia

1964

Director