Nagisa Ōshima
Directing
Biography
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.
Filmography 54
Movies (53)
The Oshima Gang2010
What's a Director?2006
Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions2002Himself
Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano2000Self
Taboo1999Directing
Level Five1997Self
100 Years of Japanese Cinema1995Self - Narrator (voice)
Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema1993Self
Kyoto, My Mother's Place1991Himself
ΦIDEA1988
Max My Love1986Directing
The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima1985Self
De droomproducenten1984Self
The Oshima Gang1983Self
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence1983Directing
The Man Who Left His Soul on Film1983
A Visit to Ogawa Productions1981Himself
Cinématon1978N°806
Empire of Passion1978Directing
Yokoi and His Twenty-Eight Years of Secret Life on Guam1977Self - Interviewer
Yakuza Graveyard1976Chief Omura
In the Realm of the Senses1976Directing
A Life of Mao1976- Rahman: Father of Bengal1973Interviewer
- The Journey of the Blind Musicians1972Directing
Dear Summer Sister1972Directing- ジョイ！バングラ1972Directing
The Giants1972Directing
The Ceremony1971Directing
The Man Who Left His Will on Film1970Directing
Shows (1)
The Dawn of Asia1964Directing