Actor

Nagisa Ōshima

1968–present1932–2013DocumentaryDramaAction

Chronicler of the Human Condition

Also directed 39 films ↗Also wrote 33 screenplays ↗

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Filmography

2010The Oshima Gang 2006What's a Director?2002Devotion: A Film About Ogawa ProductionsHimself10.0 2000Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi KitanoSelf8.0 1997Level FiveSelf6.1 1995100 Years of Japanese CinemaSelf - Narrator (voice)5.9 1993Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema

About

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.

As Director

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1969Mao Tse-Tung and the Cultural Revolution 1999Taboo 1976In the Realm of the Senses 1983Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence 1966Violence at Noon 1995100 Years of Japanese Cinema

As Screenwriter

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1983Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence 1964A Rebel's Fortress 1967Japanese Summer: Double Suicide 1978Empire of Passion 1965Pleasures of the Flesh 1967Sing a Song of Sex

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