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.

Filmografi

Death by Hanging1968 · Narrator (voice)Yakuza Graveyard1976 · Chief OmuraAkira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema1993 · Self100 Years of Japanese Cinema1995 · Self - Narrator (voice)The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima1985 · SelfCinématon1978 · N°806BeRLiN1995 · Level Five1997 · SelfScenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano2000 · SelfDevotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions2002 · HimselfWhat's a Director?2006 · The Oshima Gang1983 · SelfThe Man Who Left His Soul on Film1983 · Rahman: Father of Bengal1973 · InterviewerKyoto, My Mother's Place1991 · HimselfDe droomproducenten1984 · SelfThe Oshima Gang2010 · ΦIDEA1988 · A Life of Mao1976 · A Visit to Ogawa Productions1981 · HimselfYokoi and His Twenty-Eight Years of Secret Life on Guam1977 · Self - Interviewer