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