Nagisa Ōshima
Directing
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.
Known for
Directing40
movieTaboo
1999
Director
movieMax My Love
1986
Director
movieEmpire of Passion
1978
Director
movieA Life of Mao
1976
Director
movieDear Summer Sister
1972
Director
ジョイ！バングラ
1972
Director
movieThe Giants
1972
Director
movieThe Ceremony
1971
Director
movieBoy
1969
Director
movieBand of Ninja Pilot
1969
Director
movieDeath by Hanging
1968
Director
movieSing a Song of Sex
1967
Director
movieBand of Ninja
1967
Director
movieViolence at Noon
1966
Director
movieDiary of Yunbogi
1965
Director
moviePleasures of the Flesh
1965
Director
tvThe Dawn of Asia
1964
Director
movieA Rebel's Fortress
1964
Director
movieWatashi-wa beretto
1964
Director
movieThe Christian Revolt
1962
Director
movieThe Catch
1961
Director
movieNight and Fog in Japan
1960
Director
movieThe Sun's Burial
1960
Director
movieCruel Story of Youth
1960
Director
movieStreet of Love and Hope
1959
Director
movieTomorrow's Sun
1959
Director
Writing33
movieShort Cuts : In the Realm of the Senses
2016
Original Film Writer
movieTaboo
1999
Screenplay
movieMax My Love
1986
Writer
movieMerry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
1983
Screenplay
movieA Life of Mao
1976
Writer
movieThe Ceremony
1971
Screenplay
movieDeath by Hanging
1968
Screenplay
movieBand of Ninja
1967
Screenplay
moviePleasures of the Flesh
1965
Screenplay
movieA Rebel's Fortress
1964
Screenplay
movieWatashi-wa beretto
1964
Screenplay
movieThe Forgotten Imperial Army
1963
Screenplay
movieThe Sun's Burial
1960
Screenplay
movieCruel Story of Youth
1960
Screenplay
movieDonto ikōze
1959
Screenplay
movieTomorrow's Sun
1959
Writer
Acting20
movie100 Years of Japanese Cinema
1995
Self - Narrator (voice)
movieCinématon
1978
N°806
movieYokoi and His Twenty-Eight Years of Secret Life on Guam
1977
Self - Interviewer
movieYakuza Graveyard
1976
Chief Omura
movieDeath by Hanging
1968
Narrator (voice)