Nagisa Ōshima
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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.
Known for
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In the Realm of the Senses (1976)
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Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)
Director
Empire of Passion (1978)
Director
Taboo (1999)
Director
Sing a Song of Sex (1967)
Director
Violence at Noon (1966)
Director
Death by Hanging (1968)
Director
Diary of a Shinjuku Thief (1969)
Director
The Sun's Burial (1960)
Director
Night and Fog in Japan (1960)
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The Ceremony (1971)
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Max My Love (1986)
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Dear Summer Sister (1972)
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Cruel Story of Youth (1960)
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Japanese Summer: Double Suicide (1967)
Director
Boy (1969)
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Pleasures of the Flesh (1965)
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Three Resurrected Drunkards (1968)
Director
The Catch (1961)
Director
The Man Who Left His Will on Film (1970)
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Band of Ninja (1967)
Director
Tomorrow's Sun (1959)
Director
Street of Love and Hope (1959)
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The Christian Revolt (1962)
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The Forgotten Imperial Army (1963)
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Mao Tse-Tung and the Cultural Revolution (1969)
Director
100 Years of Japanese Cinema (1995)
Director
Watashi-wa beretto (1964)
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The Greater East Asian War (1968)
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Diary of Yunbogi (1965)
Director
Rahman: Father of Bengal (1973)
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A Life of Mao (1976)
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Kyoto, My Mother's Place (1991)
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Yokoi and His Twenty-Eight Years of Secret Life on Guam (1977)
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The Giants (1972)
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A Rebel's Fortress (1964)
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The Journey of the Blind Musicians (1972)
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Band of Ninja Pilot (1969)
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ジョイ！バングラ (1972)
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