Known For
Directing
Known Credits
20
Gender
Male
Birthday
March 31, 1932 (94 years old)
Place of Birth
Okayama, Japan
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.
| 1969 | Diary of a Shinjuku Thief...Editor |
| 1968 | Death by Hanging...Producer | |
| 1967 | Band of Ninja...Producer | |
| 1965 | Diary of Yunbogi...Producer |
| 2010 | The Oshima Gangas | |
| 2006 | What's a Director?as | |
| 2002 | Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productionsas Himself | |
| 2000 | Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitanoas Self | |
| 1997 | Level Fiveas Self | |
| 1995 | 100 Years of Japanese Cinemaas Self - Narrator (voice) | |
| 1993 | Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinemaas Self | |
| 1991 | Kyoto, My Mother's Placeas Himself | |
| 1988 | ΦIDEAas | |
| 1985 | The Strange Case of Yukio Mishimaas Self | |
| 1984 | De droomproducentenas Self | |
| 1983 | The Oshima Gangas Self | |
| 1983 | The Man Who Left His Soul on Filmas | |
| 1981 | A Visit to Ogawa Productionsas Himself | |
| 1978 | Cinématonas N°806 | |
| 1977 | Yokoi and His Twenty-Eight Years of Secret Life on Guamas Self - Interviewer | |
| 1976 | Yakuza Graveyardas Chief Omura | |
| 1976 | A Life of Maoas | |
| 1973 | Rahman: Father of Bengalas Interviewer | |
| 1968 | Death by Hangingas Narrator (voice) |
