Nagisa Ōshima

Mar 31, 1932 - Jan 15, 2013 (80 years old) in Okayama, Japan

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

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Death by Hanging

Narrator (voice)

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Kyoto, My Mother's Place

Himself

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100 Years of Japanese Cinema

Self - Narrator (voice)

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The Man Who Left His Soul on Film

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Yakuza Graveyard

Chief Omura

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The Oshima Gang

Self

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A Life of Mao

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Rahman: Father of Bengal

Interviewer

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What's a Director?

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ΦIDEA

Credits

The Oshima Gang 2010

★ NR
What's a Director? 2006

★ NR
Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions 2002

Himself

★ NR
Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano 2000

★ NR
Level Five 1997

Self

★ 6.1
100 Years of Japanese Cinema 1995

Self - Narrator (voice)

★ 5.8
Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema 1993

Self

★ 6.5
Kyoto, My Mother's Place 1991

Himself

★ 6
ΦIDEA 1988

★ NR
The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima 1985

Self

★ 4.3
The Man Who Left His Soul on Film 1983

★ NR
A Visit to Ogawa Productions 1981

Himself

★ NR
Cinématon 1978

N°806

★ 4.3
Yakuza Graveyard 1976

Chief Omura

★ 6.7
A Life of Mao 1976

★ NR
Rahman: Father of Bengal 1973

Interviewer

★ NR
Death by Hanging 1968

Narrator (voice)

★ 7.4

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