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Nagisa Ōshima

Nagisa Ōshima

Nagisa Ōshima

1932-03-31

Okayama, Japan

DIRECTING

Biography

Nagisa Ōshima (大島渚) was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. After graduating from Kyoto University he was hired by Shochiku Ltd. and quickly progressed to directing his own movies, making his debut feature “A Town of Love and Hope” in 1959.

Best known for:

In the Realm of the Senses

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

Empire of Passion

Taboo

Death by Hanging

Cruel Story of Youth

Boy

The Ceremony

Violence at Noon

Yakuza Graveyard

Max My Love

Level Five

The Man Who Left His Will on Film

The Sun's Burial

Night and Fog in Japan

Pleasures of the Flesh

Diary of a Shinjuku Thief

Sing a Song of Sex

Japanese Summer: Double Suicide

Street of Love and Hope

Three Resurrected Drunkards

100 Years of Japanese Cinema

The Catch

Tomorrow's Sun

Diary of Yunbogi

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Filmography:

Street of Love and Hope (1959)
WORK AS:
Writer, Director
Tomorrow's Sun (1959)
WORK AS:
Writer, Director
Donto ikōze (1959)
WORK AS:
Screenplay
Cruel Story of Youth (1960)
5.3
WORK AS:
Director, Screenplay
Night and Fog in Japan (1960)
WORK AS:
Writer, Director
The Sun's Burial (1960)
WORK AS:
Director, Screenplay
The Catch (1961)
WORK AS:
Director
The Christian Revolt (1962)
WORK AS:
Writer, Director

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The Forgotten Imperial Army (1963)
WORK AS:
Director, Screenplay
My Bellett (1964)
WORK AS:
Director, Screenplay
A Rebel's Fortress (1964)
WORK AS:
Screenplay, Director
The Dawn of Asia (1964)
WORK AS:
Director
Pleasures of the Flesh (1965)
WORK AS:
Director, Screenplay
Diary of Yunbogi (1965)
WORK AS:
Director, Producer, Writer
Violence at Noon (1966)
WORK AS:
Director
Japanese Summer: Double Suicide (1967)
WORK AS:
Writer, Director

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Sing a Song of Sex (1967)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer
Band of Ninja (1967)
WORK AS:
Screenplay, Director, Producer
Death by Hanging (1968)
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APPEREAD AS:
Narrator (voice)
WORK AS:
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Three Resurrected Drunkards (1968)
WORK AS:
Writer, Director
Boy (1969)
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WORK AS:
Director
Diary of a Shinjuku Thief (1969)
WORK AS:
Editor, Director, Writer
When Twilight Draws Near (1969)
WORK AS:
Writer
Mao Tse-Tung and the Cultural Revolution (1969)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer
Band of Ninja Pilot (1969)
WORK AS:
Director
The Man Who Left His Will on Film (1970)
WORK AS:
Director, Story
The Ceremony (1971)
WORK AS:
Director, Screenplay
Dear Summer Sister (1972)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer
The Giants (1972)
WORK AS:
Director
In the Realm of the Senses (1976)
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WORK AS:
Director, Writer
Yakuza Graveyard (1976)
APPEREAD AS:
Chief Omura
Empire of Passion (1978)
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WORK AS:
Director, Writer
Cinématon (1978)
APPEREAD AS:
N°806
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)
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WORK AS:
Director, Screenplay
Max My Love (1986)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer
Taboo (1999)
5.3
WORK AS:
Director, Screenplay
Short Cuts : In the Realm of the Senses (2016)
WORK AS:
Original Film Writer