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Nagisa Ōshima

Born 1932-03-31

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

In the Realm of the Senses 1976 · 6.6 Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence 1983 · 7.2 Taboo 1999 · 6.8 Empire of Passion 1978 · 7.0 Death by Hanging 1968 · 7.5 Boy 1969 · 7.4 The Pleasures of the Flesh 1965 · 6.9 Max My Love 1986 · 6.0 The Ceremony 1971 · 7.3 Violence at Noon 1966 · 7.0 The Sun's Burial 1960 · 6.9 Level Five 1997 · 7.0 Sing a Song of Sex 1967 · 6.5 Double Suicide: Japanese Summer 1967 · 6.7 Night and Fog in Japan 1960 · 6.8 The Man Who Left His Will on Film 1970 · 7.0 Three Resurrected Drunkards 1968 · 6.4 The Catch 1961 · 6.8