Nagisa Ōshima
Directing
Born: March 31, 1932 · Okayama, Japan
Died: January 15, 2013 (aged 80)
Highest Rated
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 Senses
1976
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
1983
Empire of Passion
1978
Taboo
1999
Death by Hanging
1968
Cruel Story of Youth
1960
Boy
1969
The Ceremony
1971
Violence at Noon
1966
Yakuza Graveyard
1976
Max My Love
1986
The Man Who Left His Will on Film
1970
Photos (3)
Movies (8)
Self / Appearances (11)
Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano
Self
The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima
Self
Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions
Himself
De droomproducenten
Self
The Oshima Gang
Self
Level Five
Self
Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema
Self
Yokoi and His Twenty-Eight Years of Secret Life on Guam
Self - Interviewer
100 Years of Japanese Cinema
Self - Narrator (voice)
A Visit to Ogawa Productions
Himself
Kyoto, My Mother's Place
Himself
Directing (37)
In the Realm of the Senses
Director
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
Director
Empire of Passion
Director
Japanese Summer: Double Suicide
Director
Taboo
Director
Cruel Story of Youth
Director
Sing a Song of Sex
Director
Diary of a Shinjuku Thief
Director
Mao Tse-Tung and the Cultural Revolution
Director
Death by Hanging
Director
Max My Love
Director
The Sun's Burial
Director
The Man Who Left His Will on Film
Director
Night and Fog in Japan
Director
The Christian Revolt
Director
Pleasures of the Flesh
Director
Violence at Noon
Director
The Ceremony
Director
Boy
Director
The Dawn of Asia
Director
Band of Ninja
Director
The Catch
Director
Three Resurrected Drunkards
Director
The Forgotten Imperial Army
Director
Dear Summer Sister
Director
Street of Love and Hope
Director
Tomorrow's Sun
Director
Diary of Yunbogi
Director
A Life of Mao
Director
Yokoi and His Twenty-Eight Years of Secret Life on Guam
Director
Watashi-wa beretto
Director
100 Years of Japanese Cinema
Director
Kyoto, My Mother's Place
Director
The Greater East Asian War
Director
A Rebel's Fortress
Director
Band of Ninja Pilot
Director
The Giants
Director
Writing (33)
In the Realm of the Senses
Writer
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
Screenplay
Empire of Passion
Writer
Japanese Summer: Double Suicide
Writer
Taboo
Screenplay
Cruel Story of Youth
Screenplay
Sing a Song of Sex
Writer
Diary of a Shinjuku Thief
Writer
Mao Tse-Tung and the Cultural Revolution
Writer
Death by Hanging
Screenplay
Max My Love
Writer
The Sun's Burial
Screenplay
The Man Who Left His Will on Film
Story
Night and Fog in Japan
Writer
The Christian Revolt
Writer
Donto ikōze
Screenplay
Pleasures of the Flesh
Screenplay
The Ceremony
Screenplay
Band of Ninja
Screenplay
Three Resurrected Drunkards
Writer
The Forgotten Imperial Army
Screenplay
Dear Summer Sister
Writer
Street of Love and Hope
Writer
Tomorrow's Sun
Writer
Diary of Yunbogi
Writer
A Life of Mao
Writer
When Twilight Draws Near
Writer
Watashi-wa beretto
Screenplay
100 Years of Japanese Cinema
Writer
Kyoto, My Mother's Place
Writer
Short Cuts : In the Realm of the Senses
Original Film Writer
The Greater East Asian War
Writer
A Rebel's Fortress
Screenplay