Directing
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.
Filmography
The Oshima Gang
Film · 2010
What's a Director?
Film · 2006
Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions
Film · 2002
Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano
Film · 2000
Level Five
Film · 1997
100 Years of Japanese Cinema
Film · 1995
BeRLiN
Film · 1995
Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema
Film · 1993
Kyoto, My Mother's Place
Film · 1991
ΦIDEA
Film · 1988
The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima
Film · 1985
De droomproducenten
Film · 1984
The Oshima Gang
Film · 1983
The Man Who Left His Soul on Film
Film · 1983
A Visit to Ogawa Productions
Film · 1981
Cinématon
Film · 1978
Yokoi and His Twenty-Eight Years of Secret Life on Guam
Film · 1977
Yakuza Graveyard
Film · 1976
A Life of Mao
Film · 1976
Rahman: Father of Bengal
Film · 1973
Death by Hanging
Film · 1968