Nagisa Ōshima
Directing · 80 years old
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.
Known For
Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema
Self
Death by Hanging
Narrator (voice)
Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano
Yakuza Graveyard
Chief Omura
Kyoto, My Mother's Place
Himself
Level Five
Self
100 Years of Japanese Cinema
Self - Narrator (voice)
Cinématon
N°806
The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima
Self
What's a Director?
A Life of Mao
A Visit to Ogawa Productions
Himself
The Oshima Gang
Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions
Himself
The Oshima Gang
Self
The Man Who Left His Soul on Film
ΦIDEA
Yokoi and His Twenty-Eight Years of Secret Life on Guam
Self - Interviewer
Behind the Scenes
Death by Hanging
Director
Death by Hanging
Producer
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
Director
Boy
Director
Empire of Passion
Writer
Empire of Passion
Director
The Ceremony
Director
Street of Love and Hope
Writer
Street of Love and Hope
Director
In the Realm of the Senses
Director
In the Realm of the Senses
Writer
Taboo
Director