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Nagisa Ōshima

Director • Born 1932

Nagisa Ōshima

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About

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.

Known for

In the Realm of the Senses posterIn the Realm of the SensesMovie • 1976Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence posterMerry Christmas, Mr. LawrenceMovie • 1983Empire of Passion posterEmpire of PassionMovie • 1978Taboo posterTabooMovie • 1999Death by Hanging posterDeath by HangingMovie • 1968Diary of a Shinjuku Thief posterDiary of a Shinjuku ThiefMovie • 1969Boy posterBoyMovie • 1969Yakuza Graveyard posterYakuza GraveyardMovie • 1976Cruel Story of Youth posterCruel Story of YouthMovie • 1960Sing a Song of Sex posterSing a Song of SexMovie • 1967Pleasures of the Flesh posterPleasures of the FleshMovie • 1965Violence at Noon posterViolence at NoonMovie • 1966The Ceremony posterThe CeremonyMovie • 1971Night and Fog in Japan posterNight and Fog in JapanMovie • 1960The Man Who Left His Will on Film posterThe Man Who Left His Will on FilmMovie • 1970Max My Love posterMax My LoveMovie • 1986The Sun's Burial posterThe Sun's BurialMovie • 1960Japanese Summer: Double Suicide posterJapanese Summer: Double SuicideMovie • 1967Street of Love and Hope posterStreet of Love and HopeMovie • 1959