Directed credits
26
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Strong directing catalog.
Director
Nagisa Ōshima
Directing
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Directed movies: 25Directed series: 1All crew credits: 39
TMDB ID: 46230
IMDb ID: nm0651915
Known for: Directing
Born: March 31, 1932
Died: January 15, 2013
Age: 80
Place of birth: Okayama, Japan
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1959 - 2016
Years active: 58
Average TMDB rating: 6.28
Wikidata: Q55403
Also known as
大島 渚 • Nagisa Ooshima • Нагиса Осима • Nagisa Ôshima
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Director (26)Writer (8)Screenplay (3)Editor (1)Original Film Writer (1)
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.
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Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Nagisa Ōshima.
6.5
Taboo
Director
1999 Movie
5.8
100 Years of Japanese Cinema
Director
1995 Movie
6.0
Kyoto, My Mother's Place
Director
1991 Movie
5.8
Max My Love
Director
1986 Movie
Yokoi and His Twenty-Eight Years of Secret Life on Guam
Director
1977 Movie
6.6
In the Realm of the Senses
Director
1976 Movie
A Life of Mao
Director
1976 Movie
The Giants
Director
1972 Movie
6.8
The Ceremony
Director
1971 Movie
5.7
The Man Who Left His Will on Film
Director
1970 Movie
7.2
Boy
Director
1969 Movie
Mao Tse-Tung and the Cultural Revolution
Director
1969 Movie
Band of Ninja Pilot
Director
1969 Movie
7.4
Death by Hanging
Director
1968 Movie
5.6
Sing a Song of Sex
Director
1967 Movie
6.1
Violence at Noon
Director
1966 Movie
6.5
Diary of Yunbogi
Director
1965 Movie
5.6
Pleasures of the Flesh
Director
1965 Movie
A Rebel's Fortress
Director
1964 Movie
5.4
My Bellett
Director
1964 Movie
6.0
The Forgotten Imperial Army
Director
1963 Movie
6.3
The Catch
Director
1961 Movie
6.4
The Sun's Burial
Director
1960 Movie
6.5
Cruel Story of Youth
Director
1960 Movie
Series
Directed Series
Series directed by Nagisa Ōshima.
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6.6
In the Realm of the Senses
Director
1976 Movie
7.3
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
Screenplay
1983 Movie
6.5
Taboo
Director
1999 Movie
6.8
Empire of Passion
Writer
1978 Movie
6.5
Cruel Story of Youth
Director
1960 Movie
6.4
The Sun's Burial
Director
1960 Movie
5.6
Sing a Song of Sex
Director
1967 Movie
5.4
Japanese Summer: Double Suicide
Writer
1967 Movie
4.6
Diary of a Shinjuku Thief
Editor
1969 Movie
7.4
Death by Hanging
Director
1968 Movie
6.4
Night and Fog in Japan
Writer
1960 Movie
5.6
Pleasures of the Flesh
Director
1965 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Nagisa Ōshima.
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Nagisa Ōshima.
Short Cuts : In the Realm of the Senses
Original Film Writer
2016 Movie
7.3
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
Screenplay
1983 Movie
6.8
Empire of Passion
Writer
1978 Movie
4.5
Dear Summer Sister
Writer
1972 Movie
4.6
Diary of a Shinjuku Thief
Editor
1969 Movie
6.4
When Twilight Draws Near
Writer
1969 Movie
5.4
Three Resurrected Drunkards
Writer
1968 Movie
5.4
Japanese Summer: Double Suicide
Writer
1967 Movie
4.6
Band of Ninja
Screenplay
1967 Movie
6.2
The Christian Revolt
Writer
1962 Movie
6.4
Night and Fog in Japan
Writer
1960 Movie
6.6
Street of Love and Hope
Writer
1959 Movie
Donto ikōze
Screenplay
1959 Movie
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Nagisa Ōshima.
The Oshima Gang
2010 Movie
What's a Director?
2006 Movie
Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions
as Himself
2002 Movie
Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano
2000 Movie
6.0
Level Five
as Self
1997 Movie
5.8
100 Years of Japanese Cinema
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1995 Movie
7.7
Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema
as Self
1993 Movie
6.0
Kyoto, My Mother's Place
as Himself
1991 Movie
ΦIDEA
1988 Movie
3.5
The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima
as Self
1985 Movie
The Oshima Gang
as Self
1983 Movie
The Man Who Left His Soul on Film
1983 Movie