Nagisa Ōshima

Nagisa Ōshima

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.

Directing

1999

Taboo

Director

1995

100 Years of Japanese Cinema

Director

1991

Kyoto, My Mother's Place

Director

1986

Max My Love

Director

1983

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

Director

1978

Empire of Passion

Director

1977

Yokoi and His Twenty-Eight Years of Secret Life on Guam

Director

1976

In the Realm of the Senses

Director

1972

Dear Summer Sister

Director

1971

The Ceremony

Director

1970

The Man Who Left His Will on Film

Director

1969

Boy

Director

1969

Diary of a Shinjuku Thief

Director

1969

Band of Ninja Pilot

Director

1968

The Greater East Asian War

Director

1968

Three Resurrected Drunkards

Director

1968

Death by Hanging

Director

1967

Japanese Summer: Double Suicide

Director

1967

Sing a Song of Sex

Director

1967

Band of Ninja

Director

1966

Violence at Noon

Director

1965

Diary of Yunbogi

Director

1965

Pleasures of the Flesh

Director

1964

The Dawn of Asia

Director

1962

The Christian Revolt

Director

1961

The Catch

Director

1960

Night and Fog in Japan

Director

1960

The Sun's Burial

Director

1960

Cruel Story of Youth

Director

1959

Street of Love and Hope

Director

1959

Tomorrow's Sun

Director

Writing

1999

Taboo

Screenplay

1995

100 Years of Japanese Cinema

Writer

1991

Kyoto, My Mother's Place

Writer

1986

Max My Love

Writer

1983

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

Screenplay

1978

Empire of Passion

Writer

1976

In the Realm of the Senses

Writer

1972

Dear Summer Sister

Writer

1971

The Ceremony

Screenplay

1970

The Man Who Left His Will on Film

Story

1969

When Twilight Draws Near

Writer

1969

Diary of a Shinjuku Thief

Writer

1968

The Greater East Asian War

Writer

1968

Three Resurrected Drunkards

Writer

1968

Death by Hanging

Screenplay

1967

Japanese Summer: Double Suicide

Writer

1967

Sing a Song of Sex

Writer

1967

Band of Ninja

Screenplay

1965

Diary of Yunbogi

Writer

1965

Pleasures of the Flesh

Screenplay

1962

The Christian Revolt

Writer

1960

Night and Fog in Japan

Writer

1960

The Sun's Burial

Screenplay

1960

Cruel Story of Youth

Screenplay

1959

Street of Love and Hope

Writer

1959

Tomorrow's Sun

Writer

Acting

1997

Level Five

Self

1995

100 Years of Japanese Cinema

Self - Narrator (voice)

1993

Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema

Self

1991

Kyoto, My Mother's Place

Himself

1978

Cinématon

N°806

1977

Yokoi and His Twenty-Eight Years of Secret Life on Guam

Self - Interviewer

1976

Yakuza Graveyard

Chief Omura

1968

Death by Hanging

Narrator (voice)

Production

1968

Death by Hanging

Producer

1967

Band of Ninja

Producer

1965

Diary of Yunbogi

Producer

Editing

1969

Diary of a Shinjuku Thief

Editor

Infos

Full Name
Nagisa Ōshima
Gender
Male
Date of Birth
3/31/1932
Date of Death
1/15/2013
Website
http://www.oshima-pro.jp
Also Known As

大島 渚

Nagisa Ooshima

Нагиса Осима

Nagisa Ôshima