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...
Movie pageThe Enigmatic Charlotte Rampling
as Self (archive footage)Screen icon Charlotte Rampling has fascinated the world of cinema, fashion and photography with...
Movie pageYakuza Graveyard
as MuramotoA police investigator cracks down on yakuza business, but once he realizes the police are in...
Movie page100 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...
Movie pageLevel Five
as SelfThe French computer programmer Laura inherits the task of making a computer game of the Battle...
Movie pageDevotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions
as HimselfDevotion investigates the extremely complex and heirarchical relationships among a committed...
Movie pageThe Strange Case of Yukio Mishima
as SelfA BBC television documentary on the life of Yukio Mishima that highlights the many known major...
Movie pageScenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano
as uncreditedFirst major English-language documentary profile of the cult Japanese actor/director, Takeshi...
Movie pageWhat's a Director?
as uncreditedWorks commemorating the 70th anniversary of the founding of Japan mapping Supervision Association
Movie pageThe Man Who Left His Soul on Film
as uncreditedDocumentary about Nagisa Oshima. It includes interviews with Oshima, Donald Richie, Roger...
Movie pageThe Oshima Gang
as SelfDocumentary about the making of Nagisa Oshima's 1983 film MERRY CHRISTMAS MR. LAWRENCE.
Movie pageΦIDEA
as uncreditedDocumentary featuring Nagisa Ōshima and Masuaki Kiyota, a Uri Geller-esque psychic medium
Movie pageA Visit to Ogawa Productions
as HimselfA Visit to Ogawa Productions offers a rare insight into the social and cinematic philosophy of...
Movie pageAkira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema
as SelfNagisa Oshima interviews Akira Kurosawa, leading him to share his thoughts about filmmaking, his...
Movie pageKyoto, 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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