Directing

Nagisa Ōshima

Born 1932-03-31

Okayama, Japan

Department: 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.

1966

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Filmography & Credits

Complete career catalog (97 titles)

Title	Character / Role	Type	Year
Short Cuts : In the Realm of the Senses	Original Film Writer	Movie	2016
The Oshima Gang	Self / Appearance	Movie	2010
What's a Director?	Self / Appearance	Movie	2006
Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions	Himself	Movie	2002
Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano	Self	Movie	2000
Taboo	Director	Movie	1999
Taboo	Screenplay	Movie	1999
Level Five	Self	Movie	1997
100 Years of Japanese Cinema	Self - Narrator (voice)	Movie	1995
100 Years of Japanese Cinema	Director	Movie	1995
100 Years of Japanese Cinema	Writer	Movie	1995
Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema	Self	Movie	1993
Kyoto, My Mother's Place	Himself	Movie	1991
Kyoto, My Mother's Place	Director	Movie	1991
Kyoto, My Mother's Place	Writer	Movie	1991
ΦIDEA	Self / Appearance	Movie	1988
Max My Love	Director	Movie	1986
Max My Love	Writer	Movie	1986
The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima	Self	Movie	1985
De droomproducenten	Self	Movie	1984
The Oshima Gang	Self	Movie	1983
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence	Director	Movie	1983
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence	Screenplay	Movie	1983
The Man Who Left His Soul on Film	Self / Appearance	Movie	1983
A Visit to Ogawa Productions	Himself	Movie	1981
Cinématon	N°806	Movie	1978
Empire of Passion	Director	Movie	1978
Empire of Passion	Writer	Movie	1978
Yokoi and His Twenty-Eight Years of Secret Life on Guam	Self - Interviewer	Movie	1977
Yokoi and His Twenty-Eight Years of Secret Life on Guam	Director	Movie	1977
Yakuza Graveyard	Chief Omura	Movie	1976
In the Realm of the Senses	Director	Movie	1976
In the Realm of the Senses	Writer	Movie	1976
A Life of Mao	Self / Appearance	Movie	1976
A Life of Mao	Director	Movie	1976
A Life of Mao	Writer	Movie	1976
Rahman: Father of Bengal	Interviewer	Movie	1973
Rahman: Father of Bengal	Director	Movie	1973
The Journey of the Blind Musicians	Director	Movie	1972
Dear Summer Sister	Director	Movie	1972
Dear Summer Sister	Writer	Movie	1972
ジョイ！バングラ	Director	Movie	1972
The Giants	Director	Movie	1972
The Ceremony	Director	Movie	1971
The Ceremony	Screenplay	Movie	1971
The Man Who Left His Will on Film	Director	Movie	1970
The Man Who Left His Will on Film	Story	Movie	1970
Boy	Director	Movie	1969
Mao Tse-Tung and the Cultural Revolution	Director	Movie	1969
Mao Tse-Tung and the Cultural Revolution	Writer	Movie	1969
Diary of a Shinjuku Thief	Editor	Movie	1969
When Twilight Draws Near	Writer	Movie	1969
Diary of a Shinjuku Thief	Director	Movie	1969
Diary of a Shinjuku Thief	Writer	Movie	1969
Band of Ninja Pilot	Director	Movie	1969
The Greater East Asian War	Director	Movie	1968
The Greater East Asian War	Writer	Movie	1968
Three Resurrected Drunkards	Director	Movie	1968
Three Resurrected Drunkards	Writer	Movie	1968
Death by Hanging	Narrator (voice)	Movie	1968
Death by Hanging	Director	Movie	1968
Death by Hanging	Screenplay	Movie	1968
Death by Hanging	Producer	Movie	1968
Japanese Summer: Double Suicide	Director	Movie	1967
Japanese Summer: Double Suicide	Writer	Movie	1967
Sing a Song of Sex	Director	Movie	1967
Sing a Song of Sex	Writer	Movie	1967
Band of Ninja	Screenplay	Movie	1967
Band of Ninja	Director	Movie	1967
Band of Ninja	Producer	Movie	1967
Violence at Noon	Director	Movie	1966
Diary of Yunbogi	Director	Movie	1965
Diary of Yunbogi	Writer	Movie	1965
Diary of Yunbogi	Producer	Movie	1965
Pleasures of the Flesh	Director	Movie	1965
Pleasures of the Flesh	Screenplay	Movie	1965
The Dawn of Asia	Director	TV Series	1964
A Rebel's Fortress	Director	Movie	1964
A Rebel's Fortress	Screenplay	Movie	1964
Watashi-wa beretto	Director	Movie	1964
Watashi-wa beretto	Screenplay	Movie	1964
The Forgotten Imperial Army	Director	Movie	1963
The Forgotten Imperial Army	Screenplay	Movie	1963
The Christian Revolt	Director	Movie	1962
The Christian Revolt	Writer	Movie	1962
The Catch	Director	Movie	1961
Night and Fog in Japan	Director	Movie	1960
Night and Fog in Japan	Writer	Movie	1960
The Sun's Burial	Director	Movie	1960
The Sun's Burial	Screenplay	Movie	1960
Cruel Story of Youth	Director	Movie	1960
Cruel Story of Youth	Screenplay	Movie	1960
Street of Love and Hope	Director	Movie	1959
Street of Love and Hope	Writer	Movie	1959
Donto ikōze	Screenplay	Movie	1959
Tomorrow's Sun	Director	Movie	1959
Tomorrow's Sun	Writer	Movie	1959