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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.
In the Realm of the Senses
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
Taboo
Empire of Passion
Death by Hanging
Boy
The Pleasures of the Flesh
Max My Love
The Ceremony
Violence at Noon
The Sun's Burial
Level Five
Sing a Song of Sex
Double Suicide: Japanese Summer
Night and Fog in Japan
The Man Who Left His Will on Film
Three Resurrected Drunkards
The Catch