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Nagisa Ōshima

Director, Writer, Actor, Producer, Editor, Additional Credits
Born March 31, 1932Died January 15, 2013 (80 years)
Nagisa Ōshima (大島 渚) was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. After graduating from Kyoto University he was hired by Shochiku Ltd. and quickly progressed to directing his own movies, making his debut feature “A Town of Love and Hope” in 1959.
Known For
  • Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
  • In the Realm of the Senses
  • Taboo
  • Empire of Passion
  • Death by Hanging
  • Cruel Story of Youth
  • Boy
  • The Pleasures of the Flesh
  • Max My Love
  • The Ceremony
  • Violence at Noon
  • The Sun's Burial
  • Double Suicide: Japanese Summer
  • Sing a Song of Sex
  • Night and Fog in Japan
  • Diary of a Shinjuku Thief
  • The Man Who Left His Will on Film
  • Three Resurrected Drunkards
  • A Town of Love and Hope
  • The Catch
  • Band of Ninja
  • Diary of a Yunbogi Boy
  • Dear Summer Sister
  • The Revolutionary

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