Nagisa Ōshima
Directing
1932-03-31 · 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.
Filmography
Short Cuts : In the Realm of the Senses
2016 · Movie
The Oshima Gang
2010 · Movie
What's a Director?
2006 · Movie
Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions
2002 · Movie
Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano
2000 · Movie
Taboo
1999 · Movie
Level Five
1997 · Movie
100 Years of Japanese Cinema
1995 · Movie
Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema
1993 · Movie
Kyoto, My Mother's Place
1991 · Movie
ΦIDEA
1988 · Movie
Max My Love
1986 · Movie
The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima
1985 · Movie
De droomproducenten
1984 · Movie
The Oshima Gang
1983 · Movie
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
1983 · Movie
The Man Who Left His Soul on Film
1983 · Movie
A Visit to Ogawa Productions
1981 · Movie
Cinématon
1978 · Movie
Empire of Passion
1978 · Movie
Yokoi and His Twenty-Eight Years of Secret Life on Guam
1977 · Movie
Yakuza Graveyard
1976 · Movie
In the Realm of the Senses
1976 · Movie
A Life of Mao
1976 · Movie
Rahman: Father of Bengal
1973 · Movie
The Journey of the Blind Musicians
1972 · Movie
Dear Summer Sister
1972 · Movie
ジョイ！バングラ
1972 · Movie
The Giants
1972 · Movie
The Ceremony
1971 · Movie
The Man Who Left His Will on Film
1970 · Movie
Boy
1969 · Movie
Mao Tse-Tung and the Cultural Revolution
1969 · Movie
Diary of a Shinjuku Thief
1969 · Movie
When Twilight Draws Near
1969 · Movie
Band of Ninja Pilot
1969 · Movie
The Greater East Asian War
1968 · Movie
Three Resurrected Drunkards
1968 · Movie
Death by Hanging
1968 · Movie
Japanese Summer: Double Suicide
1967 · Movie
Sing a Song of Sex
1967 · Movie
Band of Ninja
1967 · Movie
Violence at Noon
1966 · Movie
Diary of Yunbogi
1965 · Movie
Pleasures of the Flesh
1965 · Movie
The Dawn of Asia
1964 · Series
A Rebel's Fortress
1964 · Movie
Watashi-wa beretto
1964 · Movie
The Forgotten Imperial Army
1963 · Movie
The Christian Revolt
1962 · Movie
The Catch
1961 · Movie
Night and Fog in Japan
1960 · Movie
The Sun's Burial
1960 · Movie
Cruel Story of Youth
1960 · Movie
Street of Love and Hope
1959 · Movie
Donto ikōze
1959 · Movie
Tomorrow's Sun
1959 · Movie