Nagisa Ōshima
Known for Directing
Biography
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.
Filmography
Yakuza Graveyard
1976
as Chief Omura
Death by Hanging
1968
as Narrator (voice)
What's a Director?
2006
Cinématon
1978
as N°806
100 Years of Japanese Cinema
1995
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Rahman: Father of Bengal
1973
as Interviewer
ΦIDEA
1988
A Life of Mao
1976
The Man Who Left His Soul on Film
1983
Kyoto, My Mother's Place
1991
as Himself
Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano
2000
The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima
1985
as Self
A Visit to Ogawa Productions
1981
as Himself
Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema
1993
as Self
Level Five
1997
as Self
The Oshima Gang
1983
as Self
Yokoi and His Twenty-Eight Years of Secret Life on Guam
1977
as Self - Interviewer
Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions
2002
as Himself
The Oshima Gang
2010