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.
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, class and racial discrimination, and taboo sexuality.
Known for
In the Realm of the Senses1976 · Director, Writer3.3ActuallyLike
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence1983 · Screenplay, Director3.6ActuallyLike
Empire of Passion1978 · Writer, Director3.4
Death by Hanging1968 · Narrator (voice)3.7
Taboo1999 · Director, Screenplay3.3
Boy1969 · Director3.6
Cruel Story of Youth1960 · Director, Screenplay3.3
The Ceremony1971 · Director, Screenplay3.4ActuallyLike pages
Cast credits
Death by Hanging1968 · Narrator (voice)3.7
Yakuza Graveyard1976 · Chief Omura3.3
Level Five1997 · Self3.1
Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions2002 · Himself5.0
De droomproducenten1984 · Self5.0
100 Years of Japanese Cinema1995 · Self - Narrator (voice)2.9
Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema1993 · Self3.9
Kyoto, My Mother's Place1991 · Himself4.0
Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano2000 · Self4.0
A Life of Mao1976 · Cast4.0
Yokoi and His Twenty-Eight Years of Secret Life on Guam1977 · Self - Interviewer4.0
Cinématon1978 · N°8062.4
The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima1985 · Self1.8RRahman: Father of Bengal1973 · Interviewer3.5
The Oshima Gang1983 · Self
The Man Who Left His Soul on Film1983 · Cast
ΦIDEA1988 · Cast
What's a Director?2006 · CastCrew credits
In the Realm of the Senses1976 · Director, Writer3.3ActuallyLikeMerry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence1983 · Screenplay, Director3.6ActuallyLikeEmpire of Passion1978 · Writer, Director3.4Death by Hanging1968 · Director, Screenplay, Producer3.7Taboo1999 · Director, Screenplay3.3Boy1969 · Director3.6Cruel Story of Youth1960 · Director, Screenplay3.3The Ceremony1971 · Director, Screenplay3.4
Violence at Noon1966 · Director3.1
The Sun's Burial1960 · Director, Screenplay3.2
Night and Fog in Japan1960 · Writer, Director3.3
Max My Love1986 · Director, Writer2.9
Street of Love and Hope1959 · Writer, Director3.3
Sing a Song of Sex1967 · Director, Writer3.0
The Man Who Left His Will on Film1970 · Director, Story2.9
Pleasures of the Flesh1965 · Director, Screenplay2.9
Japanese Summer: Double Suicide1967 · Writer, Director2.9
Diary of a Shinjuku Thief1969 · Editor, Director, Writer2.4