Nagisa Ōshima

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.

Filmography of Nagisa Ōshima

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