Nagisa Ōshima
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.
Death by Hanging
as Narrator (voice)A Korean man is sentenced to death in Japan but somehow survives his execution, sending the...
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Yakuza Graveyard
as MuramotoA police investigator cracks down on yakuza business, but once he realizes the police are in...
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Cinématon
as N°806Cinématon is a 156-hour long experimental film by French director Gérard Courant. It was the...
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Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema
as SelfNagisa Oshima interviews Akira Kurosawa, leading him to share his thoughts about filmmaking, his...
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Level Five
as SelfLaura, a French programmer, inherits the task of creating a game about the World War II Battle...
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The Enigmatic Charlotte Rampling
as Self (archive footage)Screen icon Charlotte Rampling has fascinated the world of cinema, fashion and photography with...
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The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima
as SelfA BBC television documentary on the life of Yukio Mishima that highlights the many known major...
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What's a Director?
as uncreditedWorks commemorating the 70th anniversary of the founding of Japan mapping Supervision Association
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100 Years of Japanese Cinema
as Self - Narrator (voice)The story of the first century of Japanese cinema from the point of view of the controversial...
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The Man Who Left His Soul on Film
as uncreditedDocumentary about Nagisa Oshima. It includes interviews with Oshima, Donald Richie, Roger...
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ΦIDEA
as uncreditedDocumentary featuring Nagisa Ōshima and Masuaki Kiyota, a Uri Geller-esque psychic medium
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The Oshima Gang
as SelfDocumentary about the making of Nagisa Oshima's 1983 film MERRY CHRISTMAS MR. LAWRENCE.
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Kyoto, My Mother's Place
as HimselfStory of Kyoto: its history, culture, as well as the role it has played in the director's life...
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A Visit to Ogawa Productions
as HimselfA Visit to Ogawa Productions offers a rare insight into the social and cinematic philosophy of...
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Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions
as HimselfDevotion investigates the extremely complex and heirarchical relationships among a committed...
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Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano
as uncreditedFirst major English-language documentary profile of the cult Japanese actor/director, Takeshi...
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