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Nagisa Ōshima

Personal Information

Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Born / DiedMar 31, 1932 (Died at 81)
Zodiac Sign♈Aries
Place of BirthOkayama, Japan
Career Span1959 – 2013
Known Credits56 Titles
Official Links
DirectingPopularity Score 1.7

Nagisa Ōshima

Also known as:大島 渚Nagisa OoshimaНагиса ОсимаNagisa Ôshima
Total Works

56

53 movies • 1 shows

Avg Rating

6.3 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#2

TMDB star index

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.

Signature Roles & Milestones

In the Realm of the Senses
6.6
Role: Director
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
7.3
Role: Screenplay
Empire of Passion
6.8
Empire of Passion
1978•movie
Role: Writer
Taboo
6.6
Taboo
1999•movie
Role: Director

Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 56 titles featuring Nagisa Ōshima

In the Realm of the Senses
6.6

Role: Director

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
7.3

Role: Screenplay

Empire of Passion
6.8
Empire of Passion
1978•movie

Role: Writer

Taboo
6.6
Taboo
1999•movie

Role: Director

Death by Hanging
7.5
Death by Hanging
1968•movie

as Narrator (voice)

Cruel Story of Youth
6.6

Role: Director

Boy
7.2
Boy
1969•movie

Role: Director

The Ceremony
6.8
The Ceremony
1971•movie

Role: Director

Violence at Noon
6.2
Violence at Noon
1966•movie

Role: Director

Yakuza Graveyard
6.6
Yakuza Graveyard
1976•movie

as Chief Omura

Max My Love
5.8
Max My Love
1986•movie

Role: Director

The Man Who Left His Will on Film
5.9

Role: Director

The Sun's Burial
6.5
The Sun's Burial
1960•movie

Role: Director

Level Five
6.1
Level Five
1997•movie

as Self

Pleasures of the Flesh
5.8

Role: Director

Sing a Song of Sex
6.0
Sing a Song of Sex
1967•movie

Role: Director

Diary of a Shinjuku Thief
4.8

Role: Editor

Night and Fog in Japan
6.5

Role: Writer

Japanese Summer: Double Suicide
5.7

Role: Writer

Street of Love and Hope
6.7

Role: Writer

Three Resurrected Drunkards
5.7

Role: Writer

100 Years of Japanese Cinema
5.8

as Self - Narrator (voice)

The Catch
6.5
The Catch
1961•movie

Role: Director

Band of Ninja
5.0
Band of Ninja
1967•anime

Role: Screenplay

Tomorrow's Sun
6.2
Tomorrow's Sun
1959•movie

Role: Director

Diary of Yunbogi
6.6
Diary of Yunbogi
1965•movie

Role: Director

The Christian Revolt
6.7

Role: Writer

Dear Summer Sister
5.2
Dear Summer Sister
1972•movie

Role: Writer

Cinématon
4.9
Cinématon
1978•movie

as N°806

Watashi-wa beretto
5.7
Watashi-wa beretto
1964•movie

Role: Director

When Twilight Draws Near
6.4

Role: Writer

The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima
3.5
The Forgotten Imperial Army
6.2

Role: Director

Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema
7.7
Kyoto, My Mother's Place
8.0

as Himself

Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano
8.0
BeRLiN
9.0
BeRLiN
1995•movie
A Life of Mao
8.0
A Life of Mao
1976•movie
De droomproducenten
10.0

as Self

Mao Tse-Tung and the Cultural Revolution
8.0
A Rebel's Fortress
10.0
A Rebel's Fortress
1964•movie

Role: Director

The Giants
10.0
The Giants
1972•movie

Role: Director

Band of Ninja Pilot
5.0

Role: Director

The Dawn of Asia
9.0
The Dawn of Asia
1964•series

Role: Director

What's a Director?
What's a Director?
2006•movie
A Visit to Ogawa Productions

as Himself

The Oshima Gang
The Oshima Gang
2010•movie
The Oshima Gang
The Oshima Gang
1983•movie

as Self

ΦIDEA
ΦIDEA
1988•movie
Donto ikōze
Donto ikōze
1959•movie

Role: Screenplay

Short Cuts : In the Realm of the Senses

Role: Original Film Writer

The Greater  East Asian War

Role: Director

Chiisana bōken ryokō

Role: Director