Nagisa Ōshima
Director, Writer, Actor, Producer, Editor
March 31, 1932 — January 15, 2013 (80 years)
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.
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
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| 1995 | |
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| 1991 | |
| 1986 | |
| 1983 | Merry Christmas Mr. LawrenceOn Plex |
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| 1959 |
| 1999 | Taboo · as Screenplay |
| 1995 | |
| 1995 | |
| 1991 | |
| 1986 | |
| 1983 | Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence · as ScreenplayOn Plex |
| 1978 | |
| 1976 | |
| 1972 | |
| 1971 | The Ceremony · as Screenplay |
| 1969 | |
| 1968 | |
| 1968 | Death by Hanging · as Screenplay |
| 1967 | |
| 1967 | |
| 1967 | Band of Ninja · as Screenplay |
| 1965 | |
| 1965 | The Pleasures of the Flesh · as Screenplay |
| 1962 | |
| 1960 | |
| 1960 | The Sun's Burial · as Screenplay |
| 1960 | Cruel Story of Youth · as Screenplay |
| 1959 |
| 1995 | Berlin · as Interviewee |
| 1995 | The Century of Cinema · as Narrator |
| 1984 | Cinématon · as N°806 |
| 1976 | Yakuza Graveyard · as Chief Omura |
| 1968 | Three Resurrected Drunkards · as Interviewee |
| 1968 | Death by Hanging · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2023 | The Enigmatic Charlotte Rampling · as Self |
| 2020 | Citizen Kitano · as Self |
| 2000 | Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano · as Self |
| 1997 | Level Five · as Self |
| 1995 | 100 Years of Japanese Cinema · as Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 1994 | Music for the Movies: Tôru Takemitsu · as Self |
| 1993 | Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema · as Self |
| 1991 | Kyoto, My Mother's Place · as Himself |
| 1988 | Tantei! Knight Scoop · as Self - Advisor |
| 1983 | Otros Pueblos · as Self - Interviewee |
| 1975 | Arena (1975) · as Self |
| 1970 | The Man Who Left His Will on Film · as Story |