Nagisa Ōshima
DirectingBorn: 1932-03-31Place 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
Death by Hanging
Narrator (voice)
Yakuza Graveyard
Chief Omura
Cinématon
N°806
Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema
Self
Yokoi and His Twenty-Eight Years of Secret Life on Guam
Self - Interviewer
Level Five
Self
Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions
Himself
Kyoto, My Mother's Place
Himself
100 Years of Japanese Cinema
Self - Narrator (voice)
