Nagisa Ōshima
March 31, 1932 (93 years old) in Okayama, 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
Credits
- 2010 · The Oshima Gang as
- 2006 · What's a Director? as
- 2002 · Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions as Himself
- 2000 · Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano as
- 1997 · Level Five as Self
- 1995 · 100 Years of Japanese Cinema as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1993 · Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema as Self
- 1991 · Kyoto, My Mother's Place as Himself
- 1988 · ΦIDEA as
- 1985 · The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima as Self
- 1983 · The Oshima Gang as Self
- 1983 · The Man Who Left His Soul on Film as
- 1981 · A Visit to Ogawa Productions as Himself
- 1978 · Cinématon as N°806
- 1976 · Yakuza Graveyard as Chief Omura
- 1976 · A Life of Mao as
- 1973 · Rahman: Father of Bengal as Interviewer
- 1968 · Death by Hanging as Narrator (voice)