Nagisa Ōshima

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.

Crew

Mao Tse-Tung and the Cultural Revolution
Director, Writer
Taboo
Director, Screenplay
In the Realm of the Senses
Director, Writer
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
Screenplay, Director
Violence at Noon
Director
100 Years of Japanese Cinema
Director, Writer
Max My Love
Director, Writer
A Rebel's Fortress
Director, Screenplay
Japanese Summer: Double Suicide
Writer, Director
Empire of Passion
Writer, Director
The Catch
Director
Pleasures of the Flesh
Director, Screenplay
The Ceremony
Director, Screenplay
Sing a Song of Sex
Director, Writer
Street of Love and Hope
Writer, Director
Boy
Director
The Christian Revolt
Writer, Director
The Man Who Left His Will on Film
Director, Story
Dear Summer Sister
Writer, Director
Diary of a Shinjuku Thief
Editor, Director, Writer
Cruel Story of Youth
Director, Screenplay
Death by Hanging
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Three Resurrected Drunkards
Writer, Director
Night and Fog in Japan
Writer, Director
The Sun's Burial
Director, Screenplay
Band of Ninja
Screenplay, Director, Producer
Tomorrow's Sun
Director, Writer
A Life of Mao
Director, Writer
Diary of Yunbogi
Director, Producer, Writer
When Twilight Draws Near
Writer
Kyoto, My Mother's Place
Director, Writer
The Forgotten Imperial Army
Director, Screenplay
The Journey of the Blind Musicians
Director
My Bellett
Director, Screenplay
Donto ikōze
Screenplay
Rahman: Father of Bengal
Director
The Giants
Director
Short Cuts : In the Realm of the Senses
Original Film Writer
Band of Ninja Pilot
Director
The Greater East Asian War
Director, Writer
ジョイ!バングラ
Director
Yokoi and His Twenty-Eight Years of Secret Life on Guam
Director