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Nagisa Ōshima

Mar 31, 1932 - Jan 15, 2013 (80 years old) in Okayama, Japan

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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Death by Hanging
Narrator (voice)
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The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima
Self
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The Man Who Left His Soul on Film
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Yakuza Graveyard
Chief Omura
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Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema
Self
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What's a Director?
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100 Years of Japanese Cinema
Self - Narrator (voice)
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Level Five
Self
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Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano
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Kyoto, My Mother's Place
Himself

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