Directing
Community Rating
6.0
TMDB estimate
Born
March 31, 1932
Died
January 15, 2013 (age 80)
Born in
Okayama, Japan
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.
Short Cuts : In the Realm of the Senses
as Original Film Writer
2016
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The Oshima Gang
2010
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What's a Director?
2006
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Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions
as Himself
2002
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Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano
2000
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Taboo
as Director, Screenplay
1999
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Level Five
as Self
1997
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100 Years of Japanese Cinema
as Self - Narrator (voice), Director, Writer
1995
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Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema
as Self
1993
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Kyoto, My Mother's Place
as Himself, Director, Writer
1991
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ΦIDEA
1988
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Max My Love
as Director, Writer
1986
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The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima
as Self
1985
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The Oshima Gang
as Self
1983
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Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
as Director, Screenplay
1983
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The Man Who Left His Soul on Film
1983
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A Visit to Ogawa Productions
as Himself
1981
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Cinématon
as N°806
1978
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Empire of Passion
as Director, Writer
1978
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Yokoi and His Twenty-Eight Years of Secret Life on Guam
as Self - Interviewer, Director
1977
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