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.
Filmography (20 titles)
MovieThe Oshima Gang
2010
MovieWhat's a Director?
2006
10.0MovieDevotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions
Himself · 2002
8.0MovieScenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano
Self · 2000
6.1MovieLevel Five
Self · 1997
5.9Movie100 Years of Japanese Cinema
Self - Narrator (voice) · 1995
7.7MovieAkira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema
Self · 1993
8.0MovieKyoto, My Mother's Place
Himself · 1991
MovieΦIDEA
1988
3.5MovieThe Strange Case of Yukio Mishima
Self · 1985
10.0MovieDe droomproducenten
Self · 1984
MovieThe Oshima Gang
Self · 1983
MovieThe Man Who Left His Soul on Film
1983
MovieA Visit to Ogawa Productions
Himself · 1981
4.9MovieCinématon
N°806 · 1978
8.0MovieYokoi and His Twenty-Eight Years of Secret Life on Guam
Self - Interviewer · 1977
6.6MovieYakuza Graveyard
Chief Omura · 1976
8.0MovieA Life of Mao
1976
Rahman: Father of Bengal
Interviewer · 1973
7.4MovieDeath by Hanging
Narrator (voice) · 1968