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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, 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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence

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
  • Sing a Song of Sex
  • Double Suicide: Japanese Summer
  • 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

Nagisa Ōshima Filmography

2000
1995
Berlin · as Interviewee
1995
The Century of Cinema (TV Series) · 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
2020
Citizen Kitano · as Self
1997
Level Five · as Self
1995
100 Years of Japanese Cinema · as Self - Narrator (voice)
1994
1993
1991
1988
Tantei! Knight Scoop (TV Series) · as Self - Advisor
1983
Otros Pueblos (TV Series) · as Self - Interviewee
1975
Arena (1975) (TV Series) · as Self

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