Place of Birth:
Okayama, Japan
Date of Birth:
3/31/1932
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.
What's a Director?
Yakuza Graveyard
Death by Hanging
Kyoto, My Mother's Place
A Life of Mao
A Visit to Ogawa Productions
The Oshima Gang
Cinématon
Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions
Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema
The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima
100 Years of Japanese Cinema
The Oshima Gang
The Man Who Left His Soul on Film
Rahman: Father of Bengal
Level Five
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