Biography
Nagisa Oshima (b. 1932, Kyoto) comes from a family of samurai. The most famous and most controversial of the young directors, Oshima sparked off the New Wave in Japan with his debut A Street of Love and Hope in 1959. He had a penchant for literature and poetry in his adolescence and in college became a leading activist in the leftist movement. A direct political dimension, often on the border with documentary, and the influence of the French New Wave, particularly Godard, are evident in the majority of his films, which he got the opportunity to make after working for six years as an assistant in the Shochiku company. His work is replete with fierce criticism of his society that secluded him even after his departure from Shochiku when he began working independently. The apex of his work may be considered In the The Realm of the Senses (Ai no korida, 1976), a scandalous tale of sexual obsession based on a true story.
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Director
Movies | |
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1999 |
Taboo |
1986 |
Max My Love |
1983 |
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence |
1978 |
Empire of Passion |
1976 |
In the Realm of the Senses |
1972 |
Dear Summer Sister |
1971 |
The Ceremony |
1970 |
A Secret Post-Tokyo War Story |
1969 |
Boy |
Diary of a Shinjuku Thief |
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1968 |
Death by Hanging |
Three Resurrected Drunkards |
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1967 |
Night of the Killer |
Ninja Bugeicho |
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Sing a Song of Sex |
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1966 |
Violence at Noon |
1965 |
The Pleasures of the Flesh |
1964 |
Aisurebakoso (TV movie) |
Ajia no akebono (TV movie) |
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Aogeba totoshi (TV movie) |
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Chiisana boken ryoko |
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Chita Niseigo taiheiyô ôdan (TV movie) |
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Gimei shojo (TV movie) |
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Watashi wa Bellett |
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1962 |
The Christian Lord |
1961 |
The Catch |
1960 |
Cruel Story of Youth |
Night and Fog in Japan |
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The Sun's Burial |
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1959 |
A Town of Love and Hope |
Documentaries | |
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2008 |
Il était une fois... Empire des Sens (TV movie) |
1994 |
100 Years of Japanese Cinema (TV movie) |
1991 |
Kyoto, My Mother's Place |
1977 |
Shisha wa itsumademo wakai (TV movie) |
Yokoi shoichi: guamu-to 28 nen no nazo o ou (TV movie) |
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1976 |
Denki mo-taku-to (TV movie) |
Ikiteiru gyokusai no shima (TV movie) |
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Ikiteiru umi no bohyo (TV movie) |
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Ogon no daichi Bengal (TV movie) |
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1975 |
Battle of Tsushima, The |
Ikiteiru nihonkai-kaisen (TV movie) |
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1973 |
Bengal no chichi laman (TV movie) |
1972 |
Goze: Momoku no onna-tabigeinin (TV movie) |
Joi! Bangla (TV movie) |
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Kyojin-gun (TV movie) |
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1969 |
Mo-taku-to to bunka daikakumei (TV movie) |
1968 |
Daitoa senso (TV movie) |
1965 |
Diary of Yunbogi |
Gyosen sonansu (TV movie) |
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1964 |
Aru kokutetsu-jomuin (TV movie) |
Hankotsu no toride (TV movie) |
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Seishun no ishibumi (TV movie) |
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1963 |
The Forgotten Soldiers (TV movie) |
1962 |
Kori no naka no seishun (TV movie) |
Short | |
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1959 |
Tomorrow's Sun |
Screenwriter
Movies | |
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1999 |
Taboo |
1983 |
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence |
1978 |
Empire of Passion |
1976 |
In the Realm of the Senses |
1972 |
Dear Summer Sister |
1971 |
The Ceremony |
1969 |
Diary of a Shinjuku Thief |
1968 |
Death by Hanging |
Three Resurrected Drunkards |
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1967 |
Night of the Killer |
Ninja Bugeicho |
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Sing a Song of Sex |
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1965 |
The Pleasures of the Flesh |
1964 |
Aisurebakoso (TV movie) |
Aogeba totoshi (TV movie) |
|
Chita Niseigo taiheiyô ôdan (TV movie) |
|
Gimei shojo (TV movie) |
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1962 |
The Christian Lord |
1960 |
Cruel Story of Youth |
Night and Fog in Japan |
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The Sun's Burial |
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1959 |
A Town of Love and Hope |
Donto ikó ze |
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Tsukimiso |
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1953 |
Thousand Cranes |
Documentaries | |
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1991 |
Kyoto, My Mother's Place |
1977 |
Shisha wa itsumademo wakai (TV movie) |
Yokoi shoichi: guamu-to 28 nen no nazo o ou (TV movie) |
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1976 |
Denki mo-taku-to (TV movie) |
Ikiteiru gyokusai no shima (TV movie) |
|
Ikiteiru umi no bohyo (TV movie) |
|
Ogon no daichi Bengal (TV movie) |
|
1975 |
Ikiteiru nihonkai-kaisen (TV movie) |
1972 |
Goze: Momoku no onna-tabigeinin (TV movie) |
Joi! Bangla (TV movie) |
|
Kyojin-gun (TV movie) |
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1969 |
Mo-taku-to to bunka daikakumei (TV movie) |
1968 |
Daitoa senso (TV movie) |
1965 |
Diary of Yunbogi |
Gyosen sonansu (TV movie) |
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1964 |
Aru kokutetsu-jomuin (TV movie) |
Hankotsu no toride (TV movie) |
|
Seishun no ishibumi (TV movie) |
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1963 |
The Forgotten Soldiers (TV movie) |
1962 |
Kori no naka no seishun (TV movie) |
Short | |
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1969 |
When Twilight Draws Near |
1959 |
Tomorrow's Sun |
Actor
Movies | |
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1968 |
Death by Hanging |
Series | |
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2000 |
The 23rd Annual Japan Academy Awards |
1988 |
Tantei! Naito sukûpu |
Documentaries | |
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2011 |
The Story of Film: An Odyssey (series) |
2006 |
What's a Director? |
2000 |
Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions |
Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano (TV movie) |
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1997 |
Level Five |
1994 |
100 Years of Japanese Cinema (TV movie) |
Music for the Movies: Toru Takemitsu |
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1992 |
L'Envers du décor : Portrait de Pierre Guffroy |
1984 |
Cinématon |
1976 |
Denki mo-taku-to (TV movie) |
1975 |
Battle of Tsushima, The |
1962 |
Kori no naka no seishun (TV movie) |
Producer
Movies | |
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1968 |
Death by Hanging |
1967 |
Ninja Bugeicho |
Documentaries | |
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1965 |
Diary of Yunbogi |
Editor
Movies | |
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1969 |
Diary of a Shinjuku Thief |
1964 |
Aogeba totoshi (TV movie) |
Documentaries | |
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1964 |
Aru kokutetsu-jomuin (TV movie) |
Performer
Shows | |
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1982 |
De película |