Nagisa Ōshima
大島渚, Nagisa Ooshima, Нагиса Осима

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.

Biography

Birthday: 31/03/1932

Place of birth: Okayama, Japan

Date of death: 15/01/2013

Directors

Year	Title	Role	Rating
1999	Taboo	Director	6.6 / 10
1995	100 Years of Japanese Cinema	Director	5.8 / 10
1991	Kyoto, My Mother's Place	Director	8 / 10
1986	Max My Love	Director	5.8 / 10
1983	Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence	Director	7.3 / 10
1978	Empire of Passion	Director	6.8 / 10
1977	Yokoi and His Twenty-Eight Years of Secret Life on Guam	Director	8 / 10
1976	In the Realm of the Senses	Director	6.6 / 10
1976	A Life of Mao	Director	8 / 10
1973	Rahman: Father of Bengal	Director	7 / 10
1972	Dear Summer Sister	Director	5.2 / 10
1972	ジョイ！バングラ	Director	10 / 10
1972	The Journey of the Blind Musicians	Director	-
1972	The Giants	Director	10 / 10
1971	The Ceremony	Director	6.8 / 10
1970	The Man Who Left His Will on Film	Director	5.9 / 10
1969	Boy	Director	7.203 / 10
1969	Diary of a Shinjuku Thief	Director	4.8 / 10
1969	Mao Tse-Tung and the Cultural Revolution	Director	8 / 10
1969	Band of Ninja Pilot	Director	5 / 10
1968	Death by Hanging	Director	7.5 / 10
1968	Three Resurrected Drunkards	Director	5.7 / 10
1968	The Greater East Asian War	Director	-
1967	Sing a Song of Sex	Director	6 / 10
1967	Band of Ninja	Director	5 / 10
1967	Japanese Summer: Double Suicide	Director	5.7 / 10
1966	Violence at Noon	Director	6.2 / 10
1965	Pleasures of the Flesh	Director	5.8 / 10
1965	Diary of Yunbogi	Director	6.6 / 10
1964	The Dawn of Asia	Director	9 / 10
1964	Watashi-wa beretto	Director	5.7 / 10
1964	A Rebel's Fortress	Director	10 / 10
1963	Chiisana bōken ryokō	Director	-
1963	The Forgotten Imperial Army	Director	6.2 / 10
1962	The Christian Revolt	Director	6.7 / 10
1961	The Catch	Director	6.5 / 10
1960	Cruel Story of Youth	Director	6.6 / 10
1960	The Sun's Burial	Director	6.5 / 10
1960	Night and Fog in Japan	Director	6.5 / 10
1959	A Town of Love and Hope	Director	6.7 / 10
1959	Tomorrow's Sun	Director	6.2 / 10

Acting

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2010	The Oshima Gang	-	-
2006	What's a Director?	-	-
2002	Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions	Himself	10 / 10
1995	BeRLiN	-	9 / 10
1995	100 Years of Japanese Cinema	Self - Narrator (voice)	5.8 / 10
1991	Kyoto, My Mother's Place	Himself	8 / 10
1988	ΦIDEA	-	-
1983	The Man Who Left His Soul on Film	-	-
1981	A Visit to Ogawa Productions	Himself	-
1978	Cinématon	N°806	4.9 / 10
1977	Yokoi and His Twenty-Eight Years of Secret Life on Guam	Self - Interviewer	8 / 10
1976	Yakuza Graveyard	Chief Omura	6.6 / 10
1976	A Life of Mao	-	8 / 10
1973	Rahman: Father of Bengal	Interviewer	7 / 10
1968	Death by Hanging	Narrator (voice)	7.5 / 10

Screenplay

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2016	Short Cuts : In the Realm of the Senses	Original Film Writer	-
1999	Taboo	Screenplay	6.6 / 10
1995	100 Years of Japanese Cinema	Writer	5.8 / 10
1991	Kyoto, My Mother's Place	Writer	8 / 10
1986	Max My Love	Writer	5.8 / 10
1983	Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence	Screenplay	7.3 / 10
1978	Empire of Passion	Writer	6.8 / 10
1976	In the Realm of the Senses	Writer	6.6 / 10
1976	A Life of Mao	Writer	8 / 10
1972	Dear Summer Sister	Writer	5.2 / 10
1971	The Ceremony	Screenplay	6.8 / 10
1970	The Man Who Left His Will on Film	Story	5.9 / 10
1969	Diary of a Shinjuku Thief	Writer	4.8 / 10
1969	Mao Tse-Tung and the Cultural Revolution	Writer	8 / 10
1969	When Twilight Draws Near	Writer	6.4 / 10
1968	Death by Hanging	Screenplay	7.5 / 10
1968	Three Resurrected Drunkards	Writer	5.7 / 10
1968	The Greater East Asian War	Writer	-
1967	Sing a Song of Sex	Writer	6 / 10
1967	Band of Ninja	Screenplay	5 / 10
1967	Japanese Summer: Double Suicide	Writer	5.7 / 10
1965	Pleasures of the Flesh	Screenplay	5.8 / 10
1965	Diary of Yunbogi	Writer	6.6 / 10
1964	Watashi-wa beretto	Screenplay	5.7 / 10
1964	A Rebel's Fortress	Screenplay	10 / 10
1963	The Forgotten Imperial Army	Screenplay	6.2 / 10
1962	The Christian Revolt	Writer	6.7 / 10
1960	Cruel Story of Youth	Screenplay	6.6 / 10
1960	The Sun's Burial	Screenplay	6.5 / 10
1960	Night and Fog in Japan	Writer	6.5 / 10
1959	A Town of Love and Hope	Writer	6.7 / 10
1959	Tomorrow's Sun	Writer	6.2 / 10
1959	Donto ikōze	Screenplay	-

Nagisa Ōshima 大島 渚, Nagisa Ooshima, Нагиса Осима

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Nagisa Ōshima
大島渚, Nagisa Ooshima, Нагиса Осима