Nagisa Ōshima
Directing
Born March 31, 1932 · 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.
Directed (39)
Taboo
1999
100 Years of Japanese Cinema
1995
Kyoto, My Mother's Place
1991
Max My Love
1986
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
1983
Empire of Passion
1978
Yokoi and His Twenty-Eight Years of Secret Life on Guam
1977
In the Realm of the Senses
1976
A Life of Mao
1976
Rahman: Father of Bengal
1973
The Journey of the Blind Musicians
1972
Dear Summer Sister
1972
ジョイ！バングラ
1972
The Giants
1972
The Ceremony
1971
The Man Who Left His Will on Film
1970
Boy
1969
Mao Tse-Tung and the Cultural Revolution
1969
Diary of a Shinjuku Thief
1969
Band of Ninja Pilot
1969
The Greater East Asian War
1968
Three Resurrected Drunkards
1968
Death by Hanging
1968
Japanese Summer: Double Suicide
1967
Sing a Song of Sex
1967
Band of Ninja
1967
Violence at Noon
1966
Diary of Yunbogi
1965
Pleasures of the Flesh
1965
A Rebel's Fortress
1964
My Bellett
1964
The Forgotten Imperial Army
1963
The Christian Revolt
1962
The Catch
1961
Night and Fog in Japan
1960
The Sun's Burial
1960
Cruel Story of Youth
1960
Street of Love and Hope
1959
Tomorrow's Sun
1959
Acting (19)
The Oshima Gang
2010
What's a Director?
2006
Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions
2002
Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano
2000
Level Five
1997
100 Years of Japanese Cinema
1995
Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema
1993
Kyoto, My Mother's Place
1991
ΦIDEA
1988
The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima
1985
The Oshima Gang
1983
The Man Who Left His Soul on Film
1983
A Visit to Ogawa Productions
1981
Cinématon
1978
Yokoi and His Twenty-Eight Years of Secret Life on Guam
1977
Yakuza Graveyard
1976
A Life of Mao
1976
Rahman: Father of Bengal
1973
Death by Hanging
1968