Nagisa Ōshima
Known for DirectingBorn 1932-03-31 — died 2013-01-15Okayama, Japan
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
Death by Hanging
1968 · as Narrator (voice)
Yakuza Graveyard
1976 · as Chief Omura
Cinématon
1978 · as N°806
Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema
1993 · as Self
The Oshima Gang
1983 · as Self
The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima
1985 · as Self
Kyoto, My Mother's Place
1991 · as Himself
What's a Director?
2006
Level Five
1997 · as Self
Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano
2000 · as Self
De droomproducenten
1984 · as Self
A Visit to Ogawa Productions
1981 · as Himself
100 Years of Japanese Cinema
1995 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
Rahman: Father of Bengal
1973 · as Interviewer
ΦIDEA
1988
Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions
2002 · as Himself
The Oshima Gang
2010
The Man Who Left His Soul on Film
1983