Personal Info
大島 渚
Nagisa Ooshima
Нагиса Осима
Nagisa Ôshima
Nagisa Ōshima
Directing
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.
Known For
Filmography
Movies
The Oshima Gang
What's a Director?
Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions
as Himself
Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano
as Self
Level Five
as Self
100 Years of Japanese Cinema
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema
as Self
Kyoto, My Mother's Place
as Himself
ΦIDEA
The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima
as Self