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