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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.

Acting (18 movies)

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What's a Director?

2006

6.7

Yakuza Graveyard

1976

7.4

Death by Hanging

1968

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Kyoto, My Mother's Place

1991

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A Life of Mao

1976

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A Visit to Ogawa Productions

1981

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The Oshima Gang

2010

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Cinématon

1978

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Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions

2002

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Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema

1993

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The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima

1985

5.8

100 Years of Japanese Cinema

1995

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The Oshima Gang

1983

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The Man Who Left His Soul on Film

1983

6.0

Level Five

1997

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Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano

2000

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ΦIDEA

1988

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Yokoi and His Twenty-Eight Years of Secret Life on Guam

1977

Directing (39 movies)

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Mao Tse-Tung and the Cultural Revolution

1969

6.6

Taboo

1999

6.6

In the Realm of the Senses

1976

7.3

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

1983

6.2

Violence at Noon

1966

5.8

100 Years of Japanese Cinema

1995

6.1

Max My Love

1986

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A Rebel's Fortress

1964

5.5

Japanese Summer: Double Suicide

1967

6.9

Empire of Passion

1978

6.3

The Catch

1961

5.6

Pleasures of the Flesh

1965

6.9

The Ceremony

1971

5.6

Sing a Song of Sex

1967

6.6

Street of Love and Hope

1959

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The Christian Revolt

1962

7.2

Boy

1969

5.7

The Man Who Left His Will on Film

1970

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Dear Summer Sister

1972

6.5

Cruel Story of Youth

1960

7.4

Death by Hanging

1968

5.6

Three Resurrected Drunkards

1968

6.4

Night and Fog in Japan

1960

6.5

The Sun's Burial

1960

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Band of Ninja

1967

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Tomorrow's Sun

1959

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A Life of Mao

1976

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Diary of Yunbogi

1965

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Kyoto, My Mother's Place

1991

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The Forgotten Imperial Army

1963

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The Journey of the Blind Musicians

1972

4.5

Diary of a Shinjuku Thief

1969

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My Bellett

1964

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Rahman: Father of Bengal

1973

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The Giants

1972

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Band of Ninja Pilot

1969

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The Greater East Asian War

1968

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ジョイ！バングラ

1972

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Yokoi and His Twenty-Eight Years of Secret Life on Guam

1977

Title	Year	Job
Tomorrow's Sun	1959	Writer
Donto ikōze	1959	Screenplay
Street of Love and Hope	1959	Writer
Cruel Story of Youth	1960	Screenplay
The Sun's Burial	1960	Screenplay
Night and Fog in Japan	1960	Writer
The Christian Revolt	1962	Writer
The Forgotten Imperial Army	1963	Screenplay
My Bellett	1964	Screenplay
A Rebel's Fortress	1964	Screenplay
Pleasures of the Flesh	1965	Screenplay
Diary of Yunbogi	1965	Producer
Diary of Yunbogi	1965	Writer
Band of Ninja	1967	Screenplay
Band of Ninja	1967	Producer
Sing a Song of Sex	1967	Writer
Japanese Summer: Double Suicide	1967	Writer
Death by Hanging	1968	Screenplay
Death by Hanging	1968	Producer
Three Resurrected Drunkards	1968	Writer
The Greater East Asian War	1968	Writer
When Twilight Draws Near	1969	Writer
Diary of a Shinjuku Thief	1969	Writer
Mao Tse-Tung and the Cultural Revolution	1969	Writer
The Ceremony	1971	Screenplay
Dear Summer Sister	1972	Writer
A Life of Mao	1976	Writer
In the Realm of the Senses	1976	Writer
Empire of Passion	1978	Writer
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence	1983	Screenplay
Max My Love	1986	Writer
Kyoto, My Mother's Place	1991	Writer
100 Years of Japanese Cinema	1995	Writer
Taboo	1999	Screenplay