Nagisa Ōshima
Directing
Born 1932-03-31
Died 2013-01-15
Okayama, Japan
57 credits
Mainichi Film Award for Best Screenplay 2
Medal with Purple Ribbon 1
Awards
Nominated for 3 Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year Awards
Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year 3 nominated
- 2000 Director of the Year Nominated Taboo
- 1984 Director of the Year Nominated Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
- 1979 Director of the Year Nominated Empire of Passion
Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year 3 nominated
- 2000 Picture of the Year Nominated Taboo
- 1984 Picture of the Year Nominated Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
- 1979 Picture of the Year Nominated Empire of Passion
Mainichi Film Award for Best Screenplay 2 won
- 1984 Best Screenplay Won Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
- 1972 Best Screenplay Won The Ceremony
Medal with Purple Ribbon 1 won
- 2000 Medal with Purple Ribbon Won
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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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Filmography
Directing
40 credits
In the Realm of the Senses
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
Empire of Passion
Taboo
Cruel Story of Youth
Death by Hanging
Boy
Diary of a Shinjuku Thief
Mao Tse-Tung and the Cultural Revolution
Sing a Song of Sex
The Dawn of Asia
Max My Love
The Forgotten Imperial Army
The Sun's Burial
The Ceremony
Street of Love and Hope
Night and Fog in Japan
Violence at Noon
The Catch
Pleasures of the Flesh
Three Resurrected Drunkards
Japanese Summer: Double Suicide
The Man Who Left His Will on Film
Band of Ninja
The Christian Revolt
Dear Summer Sister
Kyoto, My Mother's Place
Tomorrow's Sun
100 Years of Japanese Cinema
The Greater East Asian War
Diary of Yunbogi
Rahman: Father of Bengal
Band of Ninja Pilot
The Giants
A Life of Mao
Watashi-wa beretto
Yokoi and His Twenty-Eight Years of Secret Life on Guam
The Journey of the Blind Musicians
A Rebel's Fortress
ジョイ！バングラ
Writing
32 credits
In the Realm of the Senses
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
Empire of Passion
Taboo
Cruel Story of Youth
Death by Hanging
Donto ikōze
Diary of a Shinjuku Thief
Mao Tse-Tung and the Cultural Revolution
Sing a Song of Sex
Max My Love
The Forgotten Imperial Army
The Sun's Burial
The Ceremony
Street of Love and Hope
Night and Fog in Japan
Pleasures of the Flesh
Three Resurrected Drunkards
Japanese Summer: Double Suicide
The Man Who Left His Will on Film
Band of Ninja
The Christian Revolt
Dear Summer Sister
Kyoto, My Mother's Place
Tomorrow's Sun
100 Years of Japanese Cinema
When Twilight Draws Near
The Greater East Asian War
Diary of Yunbogi
A Life of Mao
Watashi-wa beretto
A Rebel's Fortress
Acting
16 credits
Death by Hanging
Yakuza Graveyard
Cinématon
The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima
Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema
Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions
De droomproducenten
Level Five
Kyoto, My Mother's Place
Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano
The Oshima Gang
100 Years of Japanese Cinema
Short Cuts : In the Realm of the Senses
Rahman: Father of Bengal
A Visit to Ogawa Productions
Yokoi and His Twenty-Eight Years of Secret Life on Guam
Other credits
5 credits
Diary of a Shinjuku Thief
The Man Who Left His Soul on Film
ΦIDEA
What's a Director?
The Oshima Gang
Producing
3 credits
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