Nagisa Ōshima
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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.
Known for
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In the Realm of the Senses (1976)
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Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)
Director
Taboo (1999)
Director
Empire of Passion (1978)
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Diary of a Shinjuku Thief (1969)
Director
Cruel Story of Youth (1960)
Director
Max My Love (1986)
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Death by Hanging (1968)
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Japanese Summer: Double Suicide (1967)
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The Sun's Burial (1960)
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The Ceremony (1971)
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Pleasures of the Flesh (1965)
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Sing a Song of Sex (1967)
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Boy (1969)
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Violence at Noon (1966)
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The Man Who Left His Will on Film (1970)
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Night and Fog in Japan (1960)
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Band of Ninja (1967)
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The Catch (1961)
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Mao Tse-Tung and the Cultural Revolution (1969)
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Dear Summer Sister (1972)
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The Christian Revolt (1962)
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Chiisana bōken ryokō (1963)
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The Greater East Asian War (1968)
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Diary of Yunbogi (1965)
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The Forgotten Imperial Army (1963)
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Three Resurrected Drunkards (1968)
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100 Years of Japanese Cinema (1995)
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Tomorrow's Sun (1959)
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Street of Love and Hope (1959)
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A Rebel's Fortress (1964)
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Watashi-wa beretto (1964)
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A Life of Mao (1976)
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Kyoto, My Mother's Place (1991)
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Rahman: Father of Bengal (1973)
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Band of Ninja Pilot (1969)
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The Giants (1972)
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ジョイ！バングラ (1972)
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The Journey of the Blind Musicians (1972)
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Yokoi and His Twenty-Eight Years of Secret Life on Guam (1977)
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