Directing
Nagisa Ōshima
FR, JA, EN, NL cinema · 58 credits
Born
31 March 1932
Died
15 January 2013 (aged 80)
Birthplace
Okayama, Japan
Also known as 大島 渚 · Nagisa Ooshima · Нагиса Осима · Nagisa Ôshima
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
Filmography
Short Cuts : In the Realm of the Senses
Original Film Writer
Taboo
Director, Screenplay
Level Five
as Self
100 Years of Japanese Cinema
as Self - Narrator (voice), Director, Writer
BeRLiN
Actor
Kyoto, My Mother's Place
as Himself, Director, Writer
Max My Love
Director, Writer
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
Director, Screenplay
Cinématon
as N°806
Empire of Passion
Director, Writer
Yokoi and His Twenty-Eight Years of Secret Life on Guam
as Self - Interviewer, Director
Yakuza Graveyard
as Chief Omura
A Life of Mao
Actor, Director, Writer
In the Realm of the Senses
Director, Writer
ベンガルの父 ラーマン
1973
Rahman: Father of Bengal
as Interviewer, Director
Dear Summer Sister
Director, Writer
The Giants
Director
The Ceremony
Director, Screenplay
The Man Who Left His Will on Film
Director, Story
Mao Tse-Tung and the Cultural Revolution
Director, Writer
Boy
Director
Diary of a Shinjuku Thief
Editor, Director, Writer
Band of Ninja Pilot
Director
Death by Hanging
as Narrator (voice), Director, Screenplay, Producer
Three Resurrected Drunkards
Director, Writer
The Greater East Asian War
Director, Writer
Japanese Summer: Double Suicide
Director, Writer
Sing a Song of Sex
Director, Writer
Band of Ninja
Screenplay, Director, Producer
Violence at Noon
Director
Pleasures of the Flesh
Director, Screenplay
Diary of Yunbogi
Director, Writer, Producer
A Rebel's Fortress
Director, Screenplay
Watashi-wa beretto
Director, Screenplay
The Forgotten Imperial Army
Director, Screenplay
The Christian Revolt
Director, Writer
The Catch
Director
Cruel Story of Youth
Director, Screenplay
Night and Fog in Japan
Director, Writer
The Sun's Burial
Director, Screenplay
A Town of Love and Hope
Director, Writer
Tomorrow's Sun
Director, Writer
Donto ikōze
Screenplay