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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.
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- In the Realm of the Senses (1976) Director
- Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983) Director
- Empire of Passion (1978) Director
- Taboo (1999) Director
- Cinématon (1978) as N°806
- Yakuza Graveyard (1976) as Chief Omura
- Japanese Summer: Double Suicide (1967) Director
- Sing a Song of Sex (1967) Director
- Death by Hanging (1968) Director
- The Sun's Burial (1960) Director
- Night and Fog in Japan (1960) Director
- Cruel Story of Youth (1960) Director
- Violence at Noon (1966) Director
- The Ceremony (1971) Director
- The Catch (1961) Director
- Band of Ninja (1967) Screenplay
- Pleasures of the Flesh (1965) Director
- Diary of a Shinjuku Thief (1969) Editor
- Max My Love (1986) Director
- Shiro Amakusa: The Christian Rebel (1962) Director
- Dear Summer Sister (1972) Director
- Three Resurrected Drunkards (1968) Director
- The Dawn of Asia (1964) Director
- Boy (1969) Director
- Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema (1993) as Self
- Tomorrow's Sun (1959) Director
- Street of Love and Hope (1959) Director
- The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima (1985) as Self
- What's a Director? (2006) Cast
- The Man Who Left His Will on Film (1970) Director
- Watashi-wa beretto (1964) Director
- Donto ikōze (1959) Screenplay
- Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano (2000) Cast
- When Twilight Draws Near (1969) Writer
- Level Five (1997) as Self
- The Oshima Gang (1983) as Self
- Diary of Yunbogi (1965) Director
- Kyoto, My Mother's Place (1991) Director
- The Man Who Left His Soul on Film (1983) Cast
- 100 Years of Japanese Cinema (1995) Director
- Rahman: Father of Bengal (1973) Director
- Mao Tse-Tung and the Cultural Revolution (1969) Director
- A Rebel's Fortress (1964) Director
- The Greater East Asian War (1968) Director
- ΦIDEA (1988) Cast
- A Visit to Ogawa Productions (1981) as Himself
- The Forgotten Imperial Army (1963) Director
- A Life of Mao (1976) Director
- Band of Ninja Pilot (1969) Director
- Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions (2002) as Himself
- The Oshima Gang (2010) Cast
- The Giants (1972) Director
- The Journey of the Blind Musicians (1972) Director
- ジョイ！バングラ (1972) Director
- Short Cuts : In the Realm of the Senses (2016) Original Film Writer
- Yokoi and His Twenty-Eight Years of Secret Life on Guam (1977) Director
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Most-watched Nagisa Ōshima films currently: In the Realm of the Senses (1976), Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983), Empire of Passion (1978), Taboo (1999), Cinématon (1978).
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Selected TV credits: The Dawn of Asia (1964).
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