Nagisa Ōshima
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
What's a Director?
2006
Yakuza Graveyard
as Chief Omura
1976
Death by Hanging
as Narrator (voice)
1968
Kyoto, My Mother's Place
as Himself
1991
A Life of Mao
1976
A Visit to Ogawa Productions
as Himself
1981
The Oshima Gang
2010
Cinématon
as N°806
1978
Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions
as Himself
2002
Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema
as Self
1993
The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima
as Self
1985
100 Years of Japanese Cinema
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1995
The Oshima Gang
as Self
1983
The Man Who Left His Soul on Film
1983
Rahman: Father of Bengal
as Interviewer
1973
Level Five
as Self
1997
Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano
as Self
2000
ΦIDEA
1988
Yokoi and His Twenty-Eight Years of Secret Life on Guam
as Self - Interviewer
1977
De droomproducenten
as Self
1984