Nagisa Ōshima
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.
What's a Director?
Yakuza Graveyard
(Chief Omura)
Death by Hanging
(Narrator (voice))
Kyoto, My Mother's Place
(Himself)
A Life of Mao
A Visit to Ogawa Productions
(Himself)
The Oshima Gang
Cinématon
(N°806)
Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions
(Himself)
Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema
(Self)
The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima
(Self)
100 Years of Japanese Cinema
(Self - Narrator (voice))
The Oshima Gang
(Self)
The Man Who Left His Soul on Film
Rahman: Father of Bengal
(Interviewer)
Level Five
(Self)
Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano
ΦIDEA
Yokoi and His Twenty-Eight Years of Secret Life on Guam
(Self - Interviewer)
Mao Tse-Tung and the Cultural Revolution
(Director)
Taboo
(Director)
In the Realm of the Senses
(Director)
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
(Director)
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
(Screenplay)
Violence at Noon
(Director)
100 Years of Japanese Cinema
(Director)
Max My Love
(Director)
A Rebel's Fortress
(Screenplay)
A Rebel's Fortress
(Director)
Japanese Summer: Double Suicide
(Writer)
Japanese Summer: Double Suicide
(Director)
Empire of Passion
(Director)
Empire of Passion
(Writer)
The Catch
(Director)
Pleasures of the Flesh
(Director)
Pleasures of the Flesh
(Screenplay)
The Ceremony
(Director)
Sing a Song of Sex
(Director)
Sing a Song of Sex
(Writer)
Street of Love and Hope
(Writer)
Street of Love and Hope
(Director)
The Christian Revolt
(Writer)
The Christian Revolt
(Director)
Boy
(Director)
The Man Who Left His Will on Film
(Director)
The Man Who Left His Will on Film
(Story)
Dear Summer Sister
(Director)
Dear Summer Sister
(Writer)
Diary of a Shinjuku Thief
(Editor)
Cruel Story of Youth
(Director)
Death by Hanging
(Director)
Three Resurrected Drunkards
(Writer)
Three Resurrected Drunkards
(Director)
Night and Fog in Japan
(Writer)
Night and Fog in Japan
(Director)
The Sun's Burial
(Director)
Band of Ninja
(Screenplay)
Band of Ninja
(Director)
Tomorrow's Sun
(Writer)
Tomorrow's Sun
(Director)
A Life of Mao
(Director)
A Life of Mao
(Writer)
Diary of Yunbogi
(Director)
When Twilight Draws Near
(Writer)
Kyoto, My Mother's Place
(Director)
Kyoto, My Mother's Place
(Writer)
The Ceremony
(Screenplay)
The Sun's Burial
(Screenplay)
The Forgotten Imperial Army
(Director)
Band of Ninja
(Producer)
The Journey of the Blind Musicians
(Director)
Diary of a Shinjuku Thief
(Director)
My Bellett
(Director)
Death by Hanging
(Screenplay)
Death by Hanging
(Producer)
Diary of a Shinjuku Thief
(Writer)
My Bellett
(Screenplay)
Max My Love
(Writer)
Diary of Yunbogi
(Producer)
Diary of Yunbogi
(Writer)
Mao Tse-Tung and the Cultural Revolution
(Writer)
Donto ikōze
(Screenplay)
In the Realm of the Senses
(Writer)
100 Years of Japanese Cinema
(Writer)
Rahman: Father of Bengal
(Director)
The Giants
(Director)
The Forgotten Imperial Army
(Screenplay)
Cruel Story of Youth
(Screenplay)
Taboo
(Screenplay)
Short Cuts : In the Realm of the Senses
(Original Film Writer)
Band of Ninja Pilot
(Director)
The Greater East Asian War
(Director)
The Greater East Asian War
(Writer)
ジョイ！バングラ
(Director)
Yokoi and His Twenty-Eight Years of Secret Life on Guam
(Director)
The Dawn of Asia
(Director)