Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Birthdate
1932-03-31
Day of Death
2013-01-15
Place of Birth
Okayama, Japan
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 (20)
⭐ 0
Role:
Unknown
The Oshima Gang
2010
⭐ 0
Role:
Unknown
What's a Director?
2006
⭐ 10.0
Role:
Himself
Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions
2002
⭐ 8.0
Role:
Self
Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano
2000
⭐ 6.1
Role:
Self
Level Five
1997
⭐ 5.9
Role:
Self - Narrator (voice)
100 Years of Japanese Cinema
1995
⭐ 7.7
Role:
Self
Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema
1993
⭐ 8.0
Role:
Himself
Kyoto, My Mother's Place
1991
⭐ 0
Role:
Unknown
ΦIDEA
1988
⭐ 3.5
Role:
Self
The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima
1985
⭐ 10.0
Role:
Self
De droomproducenten
1984
⭐ 0
Role:
Self
The Oshima Gang
1983
⭐ 0
Role:
Unknown
The Man Who Left His Soul on Film
1983
⭐ 0
Role:
Himself
A Visit to Ogawa Productions
1981
⭐ 4.9
Role:
N°806
