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Nagisa Ōshima
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.
Top Filmography
7.4
Death by Hanging
1968 // MOVIE
6.5
Yakuza Graveyard
1976 // MOVIE
6.0
Level Five
1997 // MOVIE
5.8
100 Years of Japanese Cinema
1995 // MOVIE
4.3
Cinématon
1978 // MOVIE
3.5
The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima
1985 // MOVIE
7.7
Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema
1993 // MOVIE
6.0
Kyoto, My Mother's Place
1991 // MOVIE
0.0
What's a Director?
2006 // MOVIE
0.0
A Life of Mao
1976 // MOVIE
0.0
A Visit to Ogawa Productions
1981 // MOVIE
0.0
The Oshima Gang
2010 // MOVIE
0.0
Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions
2002 // MOVIE
0.0
The Oshima Gang
1983 // MOVIE
0.0
The Man Who Left His Soul on Film
1983 // MOVIE