Nagisa Ōshima

Directing

Born: 1932-03-31

Died: 2013-01-15

From: Okayama, Japan

Gender: Male

Popularity: 0.8

Also Known As

大島渚Nagisa OoshimaНагиса ОсимаNagisa Ôshima

Biography

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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Awards & Nominations9 won · 7 nominated

Nominated

Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year

Taboo

2000

Nominated

Japan Academy Prize for Screenplay of the Year

Taboo

2000

Nominated

Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year

Taboo

2000

🏆 Won

Medal with Purple Ribbon

2000

🏆 Won

Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Director

Taboo

2000

Nominated

Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

1984

Nominated

Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

1984

🏆 Won

Mainichi Film Award for Best Director

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

1984

🏆 Won

Mainichi Film Award for Best Screenplay

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

1984

Nominated

Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year

Empire of Passion

1979

Nominated

Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year

Empire of Passion

1979

🏆 Won

Cannes Best Director Award

Empire of Passion

1978

🏆 Won

Sutherland Trophy

In the Realm of the Senses

1976

🏆 Won

Mainichi Film Award for Best Screenplay

The Ceremony

1972

🏆 Won

Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award

Cruel Story of Youth

1961

🏆 Won

Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Newcomer

Cruel Story of Youth

1961

Nagisa Ōshima

Also Known As

Biography

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Awards & Nominations9 won · 7 nominated

Acting19 titles

Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions

De droomproducenten

Kyoto, My Mother's Place

A Life of Mao

Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano

Yokoi and His Twenty-Eight Years of Secret Life on Guam

Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema

Death by Hanging

Yakuza Graveyard

Level Five

100 Years of Japanese Cinema

Cinématon

The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima

What's a Director?

A Visit to Ogawa Productions

The Oshima Gang

The Oshima Gang

The Man Who Left His Soul on Film

ΦIDEA

Directing36 titles

A Rebel's Fortress

The Giants

The Dawn of Asia

Mao Tse-Tung and the Cultural Revolution

A Life of Mao

Kyoto, My Mother's Place

Yokoi and His Twenty-Eight Years of Secret Life on Guam

Death by Hanging

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

Boy

Empire of Passion

The Ceremony

Street of Love and Hope

The Christian Revolt

Taboo

In the Realm of the Senses

Cruel Story of Youth

Diary of Yunbogi

The Catch

Night and Fog in Japan

The Sun's Burial

The Forgotten Imperial Army

Violence at Noon

Tomorrow's Sun

100 Years of Japanese Cinema

Sing a Song of Sex

The Man Who Left His Will on Film

Max My Love

Japanese Summer: Double Suicide

Pleasures of the Flesh

Watashi-wa beretto

Three Resurrected Drunkards

Dear Summer Sister

Band of Ninja

Diary of a Shinjuku Thief

Band of Ninja Pilot

Writing32 titles

A Rebel's Fortress

A Life of Mao

Kyoto, My Mother's Place

Mao Tse-Tung and the Cultural Revolution

Death by Hanging

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

Empire of Passion

The Ceremony

Street of Love and Hope

The Christian Revolt

Diary of Yunbogi

In the Realm of the Senses

Cruel Story of Youth

Taboo

Night and Fog in Japan

When Twilight Draws Near

The Sun's Burial