Nagisa Ōshima

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

19

Gender

Male

Birthday

1932-03-31

Deathday

2013-01-15 (80 years old)

Place of Birth

Okayama, Japan

Also Known As

  • 大島 渚
  • Nagisa Ooshima
  • Нагиса Осима
  • Nagisa Ôshima

Nagisa Ōshima

Biography

Nagisa Ōshima (大島 渚) was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. After graduating from Kyoto University he was hired by Shochiku Ltd. and quickly progressed to directing his own movies, making his debut feature “A Town of Love and Hope” in 1959.

Known For

Death by Hanging
7.4%

Death by Hanging

Feb 2, 1968

Yakuza Graveyard
6.6%

Yakuza Graveyard

Oct 30, 1976

Level Five
6.1%

Level Five

Feb 19, 1997

Cinématon
4.3%

Cinématon

Dec 20, 1978

What's a Director?
0.0%

What's a Director?

Nov 4, 2006

A Life of Mao
0.0%

A Life of Mao

Sep 12, 1976

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Directing

1999
Taboo as Director
1995
100 Years of Japanese Cinema as Director
1991
Kyoto, My Mother's Place as Director
1986
Max My Love as Director
1983
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence as Director
1978
Empire of Passion as Director
1976
In the Realm of the Senses as Director
1976
A Life of Mao as Director
1973
Rahman: Father of Bengal as Director
1972
The Journey of the Blind Musicians as Director
1972
Dear Summer Sister as Director
1972
The Giants as Director
1971
The Ceremony as Director
1970
The Man Who Left His Will on Film as Director
1969
Boy as Director
1969
Mao Tse-Tung and the Cultural Revolution as Director
1969
Diary of a Shinjuku Thief as Director
1969
Band of Ninja Pilot as Director
1968
Three Resurrected Drunkards as Director
1968
Death by Hanging as Director
1967
Japanese Summer: Double Suicide as Director
1967
Sing a Song of Sex as Director
1967
Band of Ninja as Director
1966
Violence at Noon as Director
1965
Diary of Yunbogi as Director
1965
Pleasures of the Flesh as Director
1964
The Dawn of Asia as Director
1964
A Rebel's Fortress as Director
1964
My Bellett as Director
1963
The Forgotten Imperial Army as Director
1962
The Christian Revolt as Director
1961
The Catch as Director
1960
Night and Fog in Japan as Director
1960
The Sun's Burial as Director
1960
Cruel Story of Youth as Director
1959
Street of Love and Hope as Director
1959
Tomorrow's Sun as Director

Editing

Production

1968
Death by Hanging as Producer
1967
Band of Ninja as Producer
1965
Diary of Yunbogi as Producer

Writing

2016
Short Cuts : In the Realm of the Senses as Original Film Writer
1999
Taboo as Screenplay
1995
100 Years of Japanese Cinema as Writer
1991
Kyoto, My Mother's Place as Writer
1986
Max My Love as Writer
1983
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence as Screenplay
1978
Empire of Passion as Writer
1976
In the Realm of the Senses as Writer
1976
A Life of Mao as Writer
1972
Dear Summer Sister as Writer
1971
The Ceremony as Screenplay
1970
The Man Who Left His Will on Film as Story
1969
Mao Tse-Tung and the Cultural Revolution as Writer
1969
When Twilight Draws Near as Writer
1969
Diary of a Shinjuku Thief as Writer
1968
Three Resurrected Drunkards as Writer
1968
Death by Hanging as Screenplay
1967
Japanese Summer: Double Suicide as Writer
1967
Sing a Song of Sex as Writer
1967
Band of Ninja as Screenplay
1965
Diary of Yunbogi as Writer
1965
Pleasures of the Flesh as Screenplay
1964
A Rebel's Fortress as Screenplay
1964
My Bellett as Screenplay
1963
The Forgotten Imperial Army as Screenplay
1962
The Christian Revolt as Writer
1960
Night and Fog in Japan as Writer
1960
The Sun's Burial as Screenplay
1960
Cruel Story of Youth as Screenplay
1959
Street of Love and Hope as Writer
1959
Donto ikōze as Screenplay
1959
Tomorrow's Sun as Writer
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