Nagisa Ōshima
Directing
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.
Behind the camera
1999Taboo
Director & Screenplay
1995100 Years of Japanese Cinema
Director & Writer
1991Kyoto, My Mother's Place
Director & Writer
1986Max My Love
Director & Writer
1983Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
Director & Screenplay
1978Empire of Passion
Director & Writer
1977Yokoi and His Twenty-Eight Years of Secret Life on Guam
Director
1976In the Realm of the Senses
Director & Writer
1976A Life of Mao
Director & Writer
1972Dear Summer Sister
Director & Writer
1972The Giants
Director
1971The Ceremony
Director & Screenplay
1970The Man Who Left His Will on Film
Director
1969Mao Tse-Tung and the Cultural Revolution
Director & Writer
1969Boy
Director
1969When Twilight Draws Near
Writer
1969Diary of a Shinjuku Thief
Director & Writer
1969Band of Ninja Pilot
Director
1968Death by Hanging
Director & Screenplay
1968Three Resurrected Drunkards
Director & Writer
1967Japanese Summer: Double Suicide
Director & Writer
1967Sing a Song of Sex
Director & Writer
1967Band of Ninja
Director & Screenplay
1966Violence at Noon
Director