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.
| Known For | Directing |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.1396 |
| Birthday | 1932-03-31 |
| Place of Birth | Okayama, Japan |
| Also Known As | 大島 渚, Nagisa Ooshima, Нагиса Осима, Nagisa Ôshima, |
2006
What's a Director?
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Works commemorating the 70th anniversary of the founding of Japan mapping Supervision Association
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What's a Director?
1976
Yakuza Graveyard
6.6/35
A police investigator cracks down on yakuza business, but once he realizes the police are in negotiations with certain factions, he sides with his own...
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Yakuza Graveyard
1968
Death by Hanging
7.416/107
A Korean man is sentenced to death in Japan but somehow survives his execution, sending the authorities into a panic about what to do next.
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Death by Hanging
1991
Kyoto, My Mother's Place
8/2
Story of Kyoto: its history, culture, as well as the role it has played in the director's life and the life of his mother.
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Kyoto, My Mother's Place
1976
A Life of Mao
8/1
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A Life of Mao
1981
A Visit to Ogawa Productions
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A Visit to Ogawa Productions offers a rare insight into the social and cinematic philosophy of one of Japan's best-known documentary film collectives....
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A Visit to Ogawa Productions
2010
The Oshima Gang
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The Oshima Gang
1978
Cinématon
4.857/7
Cinématon is a 156-hour long experimental film by French director Gérard Courant. It was the longest film ever released until 2011. Composed over 36 y...
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Cinématon
2002
Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions
10/1
Devotion investigates the extremely complex and heirarchical relationships among a committed group of Japanese filmmakers who dedicated up to 30 years...
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Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions
1993
Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema
7.7/3
Nagisa Oshima interviews Akira Kurosawa, leading him to share his thoughts about filmmaking, his life and works, and numerous anecdotes relating to hi...
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Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema
1985
The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima
3.5/4
A BBC television documentary on the life of Yukio Mishima that highlights the many known major aspects of his life and personality.
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The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima
1995
100 Years of Japanese Cinema
5.882/17
The story of the first century of Japanese cinema from the point of view of the controversial Japanese filmmaker Nagisa Ōshima.
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100 Years of Japanese Cinema
1983
The Oshima Gang
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Documentary about the making of Nagisa Oshima's 1983 film MERRY CHRISTMAS MR. LAWRENCE.
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The Oshima Gang
1983
The Man Who Left His Soul on Film
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Documentary about Nagisa Oshima. It includes interviews with Oshima, Donald Richie, Roger Pulvers and Paul Mayersberg
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The Man Who Left His Soul on Film
1973
Rahman: Father of Bengal
7/1
Documentary about the politician Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
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Rahman: Father of Bengal
1997
Level Five
6.109/32
Laura, a French programmer, inherits the task of creating a game about the World War II Battle of Okinawa. Her research and interviews with Japanese e...
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Level Five
2000
Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano
8/2
First major English-language documentary profile of the cult Japanese actor/director, Takeshi Kitano. Featuring interviews with many of his regular co...
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Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano
1988
ΦIDEA
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Documentary featuring Nagisa Ōshima and Masuaki Kiyota, a Uri Geller-esque psychic medium
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ΦIDEA
1977
Yokoi and His Twenty-Eight Years of Secret Life on Guam
8/1
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