Nagisa Ōshima

Biography

Nagisa Ōshima (大島 渚) was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. After graduating from Kyoto University he was hired by Shochiku Ltd. and quickly progressed to directing his own movies, making his debut feature “A Town of Love and Hope” in 1959.

Known For

What's a Director?

4 November, 2006

Yakuza Graveyard

30 October, 1976

Death by Hanging

2 February, 1968

Kyoto, My Mother's Place

3 September, 1991

A Life of Mao

12 September, 1976

The Enigmatic Charlotte Rampling

18 June, 2023

A Visit to Ogawa Productions

1 January, 1981

The Oshima Gang

13 March, 2010

Cinématon

20 December, 1978

Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions

26 January, 2002

Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema

1 January, 1993

The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima

3 December, 1985

100 Years of Japanese Cinema

1 September, 1995

The Oshima Gang

31 December, 1983

The Man Who Left His Soul on Film

2 February, 1983

Rahman: Father of Bengal

6 January, 1973

Level Five

19 February, 1997

Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano

5 May, 2000

ΦIDEA

18 July, 1988