Nagisa Ōshima
Directing
- Born:
- 1932-03-31
- Died:
- 2013-01-15
- Place of birth:
- Okayama, Japan
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.
Known For
Filmography
The Oshima Gang
What's a Director?
Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions
Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano
Level Five
BeRLiN
100 Years of Japanese Cinema
Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema
Kyoto, My Mother's Place
ΦIDEA
The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima
De droomproducenten
The Oshima Gang
The Man Who Left His Soul on Film
A Visit to Ogawa Productions
Cinématon
Yokoi and His Twenty-Eight Years of Secret Life on Guam
Yakuza Graveyard
A Life of Mao
Rahman: Father of Bengal
Death by Hanging