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Nagisa Ōshima

Nagisa Ōshima

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 r

Born

Mar 31, 1932

Okayama, Japan

Died

Jan 15, 2013

Known For

Directing

Movies

20 acting

76 crew

Popularity

1.0

Known For

Yakuza Graveyard
Yakuza Graveyard
1976 as Chief Omura
★ 6.6
Death by Hanging
Death by Hanging
1968 as Narrator (voice)
★ 7.5
Cinématon
Cinématon
1978 as N°806
★ 4.9
Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano
★ 8.0
The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima
★ 3.5
100 Years of Japanese Cinema
100 Years of Japanese Cinema
1995 as Self - Narrator (voice)
★ 5.9
The Oshima Gang
The Oshima Gang
1983 as Self
Level Five
Level Five
1997 as Self
★ 6.1
Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions
★ 10.0
Kyoto, My Mother's Place
Kyoto, My Mother's Place
1991 as Himself
★ 8.0
A Life of Mao
★ 8.0
Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema
★ 7.7
A Visit to Ogawa Productions
A Visit to Ogawa Productions
1981 as Himself
movie
Rahman: Father of Bengal
1973 as Interviewer
★ 7.0
De droomproducenten
De droomproducenten
1984 as Self
★ 10.0
Yokoi and His Twenty-Eight Years of Secret Life on Guam
★ 8.0