Nagisa Ōshima
Known for: Directing
Born: March 31, 1932
Died: January 15, 2013
Place of birth: Okayama, Japan
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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Filmography
56 movies · 1 TV show, newest first
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Short Cuts : In the Realm of the Senses
2016
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The Oshima Gang
2010
NR
What's a Director?
2006
10.0
Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions
2002
8.0
Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano
2000
6.6
Taboo
1999
6.1
Level Five
1997
5.8
100 Years of Japanese Cinema
1995
7.7
Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema
1993
8.0
Kyoto, My Mother's Place
1991
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ΦIDEA
1988
5.8
Max My Love
1986
3.5
The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima
1985
10.0
De droomproducenten
1984
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The Oshima Gang
1983
7.3
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
1983
NR
The Man Who Left His Soul on Film
1983
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A Visit to Ogawa Productions
1981
4.9
Cinématon
1978
6.9
Empire of Passion
1978
8.0
Yokoi and His Twenty-Eight Years of Secret Life on Guam
1977
6.6
Yakuza Graveyard
1976
6.6
In the Realm of the Senses
1976
8.0
A Life of Mao
19767.0
Rahman: Father of Bengal
1973NR
The Journey of the Blind Musicians
1972
5.1
Dear Summer Sister
197210.0
ジョイ！バングラ
1972
10.0
The Giants
1972
6.7
The Ceremony
1971
5.8
The Man Who Left His Will on Film
1970
7.2
Boy
1969
8.0
Mao Tse-Tung and the Cultural Revolution
1969
4.8
Diary of a Shinjuku Thief
1969
6.4
When Twilight Draws Near
1969
5.0
Band of Ninja Pilot
1969
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The Greater East Asian War
1968
5.7
Three Resurrected Drunkards
1968
7.5
Death by Hanging
1968
5.7
Japanese Summer: Double Suicide
1967
6.0
Sing a Song of Sex
1967
5.0
Band of Ninja
1967
6.2
Violence at Noon
1966
6.6
Diary of Yunbogi
1965
5.8
Pleasures of the Flesh
1965
9.0
The Dawn of Asia
1964
10.0
A Rebel's Fortress
1964
5.7
Watashi-wa beretto
1964
6.3
The Forgotten Imperial Army
1963
6.7
The Christian Revolt
1962
6.5
The Catch
1961
6.5
Night and Fog in Japan
1960
6.4
The Sun's Burial
1960
6.6
Cruel Story of Youth
1960
6.7
Street of Love and Hope
1959
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Donto ikōze
1959
6.2
Tomorrow's Sun
1959