Nagisa Ōshima
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.

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Taboo (1999)
Director | Writer
Max My Love (1986)
Director | Writer
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)
Director | Screenplay
Empire of Passion (1978)
Director | Writer
In the Realm of the Senses (1976)
Director | Writer
Dear Summer Sister (1972)
Director | Writer
The Ceremony (1971)
Director | Screenplay
The Man Who Left His Will on Film (1970)
Director | Story
Boy (1969)
Director
Diary of a Shinjuku Thief (1969)
Editor | Director | Writer
When Twilight Draws Near (1969)
Writer
Three Resurrected Drunkards (1968)
Director | Writer
Death by Hanging (1968)
Director | Producer | Screenplay
Japanese Summer: Double Suicide (1967)
Director | Writer
Sing a Song of Sex (1967)
Director | Writer
Band of Ninja (1967)
Director | Producer | Screenplay
Violence at Noon (1966)
Director
Pleasures of the Flesh (1965)
Director | Screenplay
The Dawn of Asia (1964)
Director
My Bellett (1964)
Director | Screenplay
The Christian Revolt (1962)
Director | Writer
The Catch (1961)
Director
Night and Fog in Japan (1960)
Director | Writer
The Sun's Burial (1960)
Director | Screenplay
Cruel Story of Youth (1960)
Director | Screenplay
Street of Love and Hope (1959)
Director | Writer
Donto ikōze (1959)
Screenplay
Tomorrow's Sun (1959)
Director | Writer