Directing · Okayama, Japan · Born March 31, 1932
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.
MovieThe Oshima Gang
2010
MovieWhat's a Director?
2006
MovieDevotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions
2002
as Himself
MovieScenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano
2000
as Self
MovieLevel Five
1997
as Self
Movie100 Years of Japanese Cinema
1995
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MovieAkira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema
1993
as Self
MovieKyoto, My Mother's Place
1991
as Himself
MovieΦIDEA
1988
MovieThe Strange Case of Yukio Mishima
1985
as Self
MovieDe droomproducenten
1984
as Self
MovieThe Oshima Gang
1983
as Self
MovieThe Man Who Left His Soul on Film
1983
MovieA Visit to Ogawa Productions
1981
as Himself
MovieCinématon
1978
as N°806
MovieYokoi and His Twenty-Eight Years of Secret Life on Guam
1977
as Self - Interviewer
MovieYakuza Graveyard
1976
as Chief Omura
MovieA Life of Mao
1976
Rahman: Father of Bengal
1973
as Interviewer
MovieDeath by Hanging
1968
as Narrator (voice)
