Nagisa Ōshima
🎬 Director

Nagisa Ōshima

🎂 Born 31 March 1932 (age 80)✝ 15 January 2013📍 Okayama, Japan
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Popularity Score
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Acting Credits
36
Directed

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

Yakuza Graveyard
★ 6.6
Yakuza Graveyard
1976
Chief Omura
Death by Hanging
★ 7.4
Death by Hanging
1968
Narrator (voice)
The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima
★ 3.5
The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima
1985
Self
What's a Director?
What's a Director?
2006

Directed Films(36)

In the Realm of the Senses
★ 6.6
In the Realm of the Senses
1976
Director
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
★ 7.3
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
1983
Director
Empire of Passion
★ 6.9
Empire of Passion
1978
Director
Taboo
★ 6.6
Taboo
1999
Director
Max My Love
★ 5.8
Max My Love
1986
Director
Death by Hanging
★ 7.4
Death by Hanging
1968
Director
The Man Who Left His Will on Film
★ 5.8
The Man Who Left His Will on Film
1970
Director
Boy
★ 7.2
Boy
1969
Director
Sing a Song of Sex
★ 5.8
Sing a Song of Sex
1967
Director
Diary of a Shinjuku Thief
★ 4.8
Diary of a Shinjuku Thief
1969
Director
The Ceremony
★ 6.8
The Ceremony
1971
Director
Dear Summer Sister
★ 5.1
Dear Summer Sister
1972
Director
The Catch
★ 6.5
The Catch
1961
Director
Cruel Story of Youth
★ 6.6
Cruel Story of Youth
1960
Director
Pleasures of the Flesh
★ 5.7
Pleasures of the Flesh
1965
Director
Night and Fog in Japan
★ 6.5
Night and Fog in Japan
1960
Director
Japanese Summer: Double Suicide
★ 5.7
Japanese Summer: Double Suicide
1967
Director
Violence at Noon
★ 6.2
Violence at Noon
1966
Director
Three Resurrected Drunkards
★ 5.6
Three Resurrected Drunkards
1968
Director
The Sun's Burial
★ 6.4
The Sun's Burial
1960
Director
Street of Love and Hope
★ 6.7
Street of Love and Hope
1959
Director
Band of Ninja
★ 4.8
Band of Ninja
1967
Director
The Christian Revolt
★ 6.7
The Christian Revolt
1962
Director
Tomorrow's Sun
★ 6.2
Tomorrow's Sun
1959
Director
Watashi-wa beretto
★ 5.7
Watashi-wa beretto
1964
Director
100 Years of Japanese Cinema
★ 5.9
100 Years of Japanese Cinema
1995
Director
Mao Tse-Tung and the Cultural Revolution
★ 8.0
Mao Tse-Tung and the Cultural Revolution
1969
Director
Kyoto, My Mother's Place
★ 8.0
Kyoto, My Mother's Place
1991
Director
The Greater East Asian War
The Greater East Asian War
1968
Director
Diary of Yunbogi
★ 6.6
Diary of Yunbogi
1965
Director
A Rebel's Fortress
★ 10.0
A Rebel's Fortress
1964
Director
A Life of Mao
★ 8.0
A Life of Mao
1976
Director
The Forgotten Imperial Army
★ 6.3
The Forgotten Imperial Army
1963
Director
Yokoi and His Twenty-Eight Years of Secret Life on Guam
★ 8.0
Yokoi and His Twenty-Eight Years of Secret Life on Guam
1977
Director
Band of Ninja Pilot
Band of Ninja Pilot
1969
Director
The Giants
★ 10.0
The Giants
1972
Director

Full Filmography(19 films)

YearTitleRating
1976Yakuza Graveyard★ 6.61968Death by Hanging★ 7.41985The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima★ 3.52006What's a Director?—1978Cinématon★ 4.92000Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano★ 8.01995100 Years of Japanese Cinema★ 5.91993Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema★ 7.71991Kyoto, My Mother's Place★ 8.01983The Oshima Gang—1976A Life of Mao★ 8.01983The Man Who Left His Soul on Film—2002Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions★ 10.01977Yokoi and His Twenty-Eight Years of Secret Life on Guam★ 8.01981A Visit to Ogawa Productions—2010The Oshima Gang—1984De droomproducenten★ 10.01988ΦIDEA—1997Level Five★ 6.1
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