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Nagisa Ōshima

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Also known as Nagisa Oshima

Japanese film director and screenwriter (1932–2013)

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Nagisa Ōshima (1932–2013) was a Japanese screenwriter, film director, producer, and editor. Born in Kyoto, Tamano, he studied at Kyoto University and began his professional career in 1953. He was married to Akiko Koyama and died of pneumonia in Fujisawa. His work received recognition including the Cannes Best Director Award and the Sutherland Trophy. He was also nominated for the Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year, Picture of the Year, and Screenplay of the Year.

Among his notable works are *La cérémonie*, *Ōshima Nagisa*, *Itsumo soba ni hon ga*, *わが日本精神改造計画*, and *激論!! 外国人労働者*. Ōshima was a native speaker of Japanese and is associated with the category of films directed by him.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1932
Works
35

Top works

  • わが日本精神改造計画
  • 激論!! 外国人労働者
  • Itsumo soba ni hon ga
  • La cérémonie
  • Ōshima Nagisa

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Film & TV

Directing · 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…

Known for

  • The Oshima Gang2010
  • What's a Director?2006
  • Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions — Himself2002
  • Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano — Self2000
  • Level Five — Self1997
  • 100 Years of Japanese Cinema — Self - Narrator (voice)1995
  • Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema — Self1993
  • Kyoto, My Mother's Place — Himself1991
  • ΦIDEA1988
  • The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima — Self1985

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
Japan
Active from
1961-03-16

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
16
Total plays
22

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Key facts

Born
( 1932-03-31 ) March 31, 1932, Tamano , Okayama , Empire of Japan
Died
January 15, 2013 (2013-01-15) (aged 80), Fujisawa, Kanagawa , Japan
Education
Kyoto University
Occupations
Film director writer activist
Years active
1953-1999
Notable work
Cruel Story of Youth (1960) Night and Fog in Japan (1960) Death by Hanging (1968) The Ceremony (1971) In the Realm of the Senses (1976) Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)
Movement
Japanese New Wave
Spouse
Akiko Koyama ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1960 ) ​

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Encyclopedic overview

Nagisa Ōshima (大島 渚, Ōshima Nagisa; March 31, 1932 – January 15, 2013) was a Japanese film director, writer, and left-wing activist who is best known for his fiction films, of which he directed 23 features in a career spanning from 1959 to 1999. He is regarded as one of the greatest Japanese directors of all time, and as one of the most important figures of the Japanese New Wave (Nūberu bāgu), alongside Shōhei Imamura. His film style was bold, innovative and provocative. Common themes in his work include youthful rebellion, class and racial discrimination and taboo sexuality.

His first major film was his second feature, Cruel Story of Youth (1960), one of the first Japanese New Wave films, a youth-oriented film with an earnest portrayal of the sexual lives and criminal activities of its young protagonists. And he came to greater international renown after Death By Hanging (1968), a film on the theme of capital punishment and anti-Korean sentiment, was shown at the Cannes Film Festival in 1968. His most controversial film is In the Realm of the Senses (1976), a sexually explicit film set in 1930s Japan.

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