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.
Cannes Film Festival
Cannes Best Director Award
Known For
In the Realm of the Senses
(1976)
Director
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
(1983)
Director
Empire of Passion
(1978)
Director
Taboo
(1999)
Director
Full Filmography
Directing
Street of Love and Hope
(1959)
Director
Tomorrow's Sun
(1959)
Director
Cruel Story of Youth
(1960)
Director
Night and Fog in Japan
(1960)
Director
The Sun's Burial
(1960)
Director
The Catch
(1961)
Director
The Christian Revolt
(1962)
Director
The Forgotten Imperial Army
(1963)
Director
My Bellett
(1964)
Director
A Rebel's Fortress
(1964)
Director
Pleasures of the Flesh
(1965)
Director
Diary of Yunbogi
(1965)
Director
Violence at Noon
(1966)
Director
Japanese Summer: Double Suicide
(1967)
Director
Sing a Song of Sex
(1967)
Director
Band of Ninja
(1967)
Director
Death by Hanging
(1968)
Director
Three Resurrected Drunkards
(1968)
Director
Boy
(1969)
Director
Diary of a Shinjuku Thief
(1969)
Director
Mao Tse-Tung and the Cultural Revolution
(1969)
Director
The Man Who Left His Will on Film
(1970)
Director
The Ceremony
(1971)
Director
Dear Summer Sister
(1972)
Director
The Giants
(1972)
Director
The Journey of the Blind Musicians
(1972)
Director
Rahman: Father of Bengal
(1973)
Director
In the Realm of the Senses
(1976)
Director
A Life of Mao
(1976)
Director
Empire of Passion
(1978)
Director
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
(1983)
Director
Max My Love
(1986)
Director
Kyoto, My Mother's Place
(1991)
Director
100 Years of Japanese Cinema
(1995)
Director
Taboo
(1999)
Director
Acting
Death by Hanging
(1968)
Narrator (voice)
Rahman: Father of Bengal
(1973)
Interviewer
A Life of Mao
(1976)
Yakuza Graveyard
(1976)
Muramoto
Cinématon
(1978)
N°806
A Visit to Ogawa Productions
(1981)
Himself
The Oshima Gang
(1983)
Self
The Man Who Left His Soul on Film
(1983)
The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima
(1985)
Self
ΦIDEA
(1988)
Kyoto, My Mother's Place
(1991)
Himself
Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema
(1993)
Self
100 Years of Japanese Cinema
(1995)
Self - Narrator (voice)
Level Five
(1997)
Self
Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano
(2000)
Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions
(2002)
Himself
What's a Director?
(2006)
The Oshima Gang
(2010)
The Enigmatic Charlotte Rampling
(2023)
Self (archive footage)
Writing
Street of Love and Hope
(1959)
Writer
Tomorrow's Sun
(1959)
Writer
Donto ikōze
(1959)
Screenplay
Night and Fog in Japan
(1960)
Writer
Cruel Story of Youth
(1960)
Screenplay
The Sun's Burial
(1960)
Screenplay
The Christian Revolt
(1962)
Writer
The Forgotten Imperial Army
(1963)
Screenplay
My Bellett
(1964)
Screenplay
A Rebel's Fortress
(1964)
Screenplay
Pleasures of the Flesh
(1965)
Screenplay
Diary of Yunbogi
(1965)
Writer
Japanese Summer: Double Suicide
(1967)
Writer
Sing a Song of Sex
(1967)
Writer
Band of Ninja
(1967)
Screenplay
Three Resurrected Drunkards
(1968)
Writer
Death by Hanging
(1968)
Screenplay
When Twilight Draws Near
(1969)
Writer
Diary of a Shinjuku Thief
(1969)
Writer
Mao Tse-Tung and the Cultural Revolution
(1969)
Writer
The Man Who Left His Will on Film
(1970)
Story
The Ceremony
(1971)
Screenplay
Dear Summer Sister
(1972)
Writer
In the Realm of the Senses
(1976)
Screenplay
A Life of Mao
(1976)
Writer
Empire of Passion
(1978)
Writer
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
(1983)
Screenplay
Max My Love
(1986)
Writer
Kyoto, My Mother's Place
(1991)
Writer
100 Years of Japanese Cinema
(1995)
Writer
Taboo
(1999)
Writer
Production
Editing