Nagisa Ōshima
Known For
Directing
Born
1932-03-31 in Okayama, Japan
Died
2013-01-15
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.
Most Known For
Death by Hanging
as Narrator (voice)
Yakuza Graveyard
as Chief Omura
100 Years of Japanese Cinema
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Level Five
as Self
What's a Director?
Cinématon
as N°806
The Oshima Gang
as Self
Yokoi and His Twenty-Eight Years of Secret Life on Guam
as Self - Interviewer
A Life of Mao
Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions
as Himself
Rahman: Father of Bengal
as Interviewer
ΦIDEA
The Oshima Gang
The Man Who Left His Soul on Film
Kyoto, My Mother's Place
as Himself
Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano
The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima
as Self
A Visit to Ogawa Productions
as Himself
Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema
as Self