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Nagisa Ōshima

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Born

March 31, 1932

Died

January 15, 2013 (age 80)

Place of Birth

Okayama, Japan

Also Known As

大島渚

Nagisa Ooshima

Нагиса Осима

Nagisa Ôshima

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.

Filmography

2010FilmThe Oshima Gang 2006FilmWhat's a Director?2002FilmDevotion: A Film About Ogawa Productionsas Himself 2000FilmScenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitanoas Self 1997FilmLevel Fiveas Self 1995Film100 Years of Japanese Cinemaas Self - Narrator (voice)1993FilmAkira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinemaas Self 1991FilmKyoto, My Mother's Placeas Himself 1988FilmΦIDEA 1985FilmThe Strange Case of Yukio Mishimaas Self 1984FilmDe droomproducentenas Self 1983FilmThe Oshima Gangas Self 1983FilmThe Man Who Left His Soul on Film 1981FilmA Visit to Ogawa Productionsas Himself 1978FilmCinématonas N°806 1977FilmYokoi and His Twenty-Eight Years of Secret Life on Guamas Self - Interviewer 1976FilmYakuza Graveyardas Chief Omura 1976FilmA Life of Mao 1973FilmRahman: Father of Bengalas Interviewer 1968FilmDeath by Hangingas Narrator (voice)