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Nagisa Ôshima

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Nagisa Oshima's career extends from the initiation of the "Nuberu bagu" (New Wave) movement in Japanese cinema in the late 1950s and early 1960s, to the contemporary use of cinema and television to express paradoxes in modern society. After an early involvement with the student protest movement in Kyoto... See full bio »

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1999 Taboo
 
1995 100 Years of Japanese Cinema (TV documentary)
 
1991 Kyoto, My Mother's Place (documentary)
 
1986 Max mon amour (as Naghisa Oshima)
 
1983 Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
 
1978 Empire of Passion
 
1977 Shisha wa itsumademo wakai (TV movie)
 
1977 Yokoi shoichi: guamu-to 28 nen no nazo o ou (TV documentary)
 
1976 Ikiteiru umi no bohyo (TV documentary short)
 
1976 Denki mo-taku-to (TV documentary)
 
1976 In the Realm of the Senses
 
1976 Ogon no daichi Bengal (TV documentary)
 
1976 Ikiteiru gyokusai no shima (TV documentary short)
 
1975 The Battle of Tsushima (TV documentary)
 
1973 Bengaru no chichi Raman (TV movie)
 
1972 Goze: Momoku no onna-tabigeinin (TV documentary short)
 
1972 Dear Summer Sister
 
1972 Joi! Bangla (TV documentary short)
 
1972 Kyojin-gun (TV documentary)
 
1971 The Ceremony
 
1970 He Died After the War
 
1969 Boy
 
1969 Mo-taku-to to bunka daikakumei (TV documentary)
 
1969 Diary of a Shinjuku Thief
 
1968 Daitoa senso (TV documentary)
 
1968 Sinner in Paradise
 
1968 Death by Hanging
 
1967 Japanese Summer: Double Suicide
 
1967 A Treatise on Japanese Bawdy Songs
 
1967 Band of Ninja
 
1966 Hakuchû no tôrima
 
1965 Diary of Yunbogi (documentary short)
 
1965 Gyosen sonansu (TV documentary short)
 
1965 Pleasures of the Flesh
 
1964 Seishun no ishibumi (TV documentary short)
 
1964 Hankotsu no toride (TV documentary short)
 
1964 Aogeba totoshi (TV movie)
 
1964 Aru kokutetsu-jomuin (TV documentary short)
 
1964 Because I Love You (TV movie)
 
1964 Ajia no akebono (TV series)
 
1964 Chiisana boken ryoko
 
1964 It's Me Here, Bellett
 
1963 Wasurerareta kogun (TV documentary short)
 
1962 Shiro Amakusa, the Christian Rebel
 
1962 Kori no naka no seishun (TV documentary short)
 
1961 The Catch
 
1960 Night and Fog in Japan
 
1960 Taiyô no hakaba
 
1960 Cruel Story of Youth
 
1959 A Town of Love and Hope
 
1959 Tomorrow's Sun (short)
 
Show ShowWriter (48 titles)
1999 Taboo (writer)
 
1995 100 Years of Japanese Cinema (TV documentary)
 
1991 Kyoto, My Mother's Place (documentary)
 
1986 Max mon amour (scenario / as Nagisa Oshima)
 
1983 Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (screenplay)
 
1978 Empire of Passion (writer)
 
1977 Shisha wa itsumademo wakai (TV movie)
 
1977 Yokoi shoichi: guamu-to 28 nen no nazo o ou (TV documentary)
 
1976 Ikiteiru umi no bohyo (TV documentary short)
 
1976 Denki mo-taku-to (TV documentary)
 
1976 In the Realm of the Senses
 
1976 Ogon no daichi Bengal (TV documentary)
 
1976 Ikiteiru gyokusai no shima (TV documentary short)
 
1975 The Battle of Tsushima (TV documentary)
 
1973 Bengaru no chichi Raman (TV movie)
 
1972 Goze: Momoku no onna-tabigeinin (TV documentary short)
 
1972 Dear Summer Sister
 
1972 Joi! Bangla (TV documentary short)
 
1972 Kyojin-gun (TV documentary)
 
1971 The Ceremony
 
1970 He Died After the War (story)
 
1969 Mo-taku-to to bunka daikakumei (TV documentary)
 
1969 Diary of a Shinjuku Thief (writer)
 
1968 Daitoa senso (TV documentary)
 
1968 Sinner in Paradise (writer)
 
1968 Death by Hanging (writer)
 
1967 Japanese Summer: Double Suicide
 
1967 A Treatise on Japanese Bawdy Songs
 
1967 Band of Ninja (screenplay)
 
1965 Diary of Yunbogi (documentary short)
 
1965 Gyosen sonansu (TV documentary short)
 
1965 Pleasures of the Flesh (screenplay)
 
1964 Seishun no ishibumi (TV documentary short)
 
1964 Chita Niseigo taiheiyô ôdan (TV movie)
 
1964 Hankotsu no toride (TV documentary short)
 
1964 Gimei shojo (TV movie)
 
1964 Aogeba totoshi (TV movie)
 
1964 Aru kokutetsu-jomuin (TV documentary short)
 
1964 Because I Love You (TV movie) (screenplay)
 
1963 Wasurerareta kogun (TV documentary short)
 
1962 Shiro Amakusa, the Christian Rebel
 
1962 Kori no naka no seishun (TV documentary short)
 
1960 Night and Fog in Japan
 
1960 Taiyô no hakaba
 
1960 Cruel Story of Youth
 
1959 A Town of Love and Hope (writer)
 
1959 Tomorrow's Sun (short) (writer)
 
1953 Senba zuru
 
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1969 Diary of a Shinjuku Thief
 
1964 Aogeba totoshi (TV movie)
 
1964 Aru kokutetsu-jomuin (TV documentary short)
 
Show ShowActor (2 titles)
1976 Yakuza no hakaba: Kuchinashi no hana
 
1968 Death by Hanging
Narrator (voice)
 
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1968 Death by Hanging (producer)
 
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2011 The Story of Film: An Odyssey (TV series documentary)
Himself - Interviewee
– Episode #1.8 (2011) … Himself - Interviewee
 
2006 What's a Director? (documentary)
Himself
 
2005 The Oshima Gang: The Making of 'Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2003 Kinomagazin (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Liebe und andere Grausamkeiten - Der japanische Filmemacher Nagisa Oshima (2003) … Himself
 
2000 The 23rd Annual Japan Academy Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
2000 Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions (documentary)
Video Interview
 
2000 Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1997 Level Five (documentary)
Himself
 
1995 100 Years of Japanese Cinema (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1994 Music for the Movies: Tôru Takemitsu (documentary)
Himself
 
1993 Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema (TV movie)
Himself
 
1992 Behind the Scenes: A Portrait of Pierre Guffroy (documentary)
Himself
 
1992 Takajin no baâ (TV series)
Himself - Guest
 
1991 Kyoto, My Mother's Place (documentary)
Himself / Narrator
 
1990 EX terebi (TV series)
Himself
 
1988 Tantei! Naito sukûpu (TV series)
Himself - Advisor
 
1987 Asamade nama TV! (TV series)
Himself - Emcee
 
1985 Arena (TV series documentary)
Himself
– The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima (1985) … Himself
 
1984 Cinématon (documentary)
Himself (1986)
 
1977 Yokoi shoichi: guamu-to 28 nen no nazo o ou (TV documentary)
Interviewer
 
1976 Ikiteiru umi no bohyo (TV documentary short)
Interviewer
 
1976 Denki mo-taku-to (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1976 Revista de cine (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 25 August 1976 (1976) … Himself
 
1976 Ikiteiru gyokusai no shima (TV documentary short)
Interviewer
 
1975 The Battle of Tsushima (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1972 Goze: Momoku no onna-tabigeinin (TV documentary short)
Interviewer
 
1972 Kyojin-gun (TV documentary)
Interviewer
 
1962 Kori no naka no seishun (TV documentary short)
Narrator (voice)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (2 titles)
2009 Kyôiku terebi no gyakushû: Yomigaeru kyoshô no kotoba (TV movie)
Himself
 
2007 Cannes, 60 ans d'histoires (TV documentary)
Himself
 

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Alternate Names:

Naghisa Oshima | Nagisa Oshima
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Personal Quote:

My hatred for Japanese cinema includes absolutely all of it. See more »

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Retrospective at the Kerala International Film Festival, India. [2000] See more »

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Frequently casts Kei Satô See more »

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