Nagisa Ōshima

Director · Born 31 March 1932 in Okayama, Japan · Died 15 January 2013 · 6 credits in the Movie Owl catalogue

3 of Nagisa Ōshima’s films and series stream in Sweden right now — 3 on Cineasterna. Highest rated available: Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983) ★ 7.2.

Nagisa Ōshima (大島 渚, Ōshima Nagisa; 31 March 1932 – 15 January 2013) was a Japanese filmmaker, writer, and left-wing activist best known for his fiction feature films, of which he directed 23 in a career spanning from 1959 to 1999.

He is often regarded as one of the greatest Japanese directors of all time, and as one of the most important figures of the Japanese New Wave, alongside Shōhei Imamura. His filmmaking style bold, innovative and provocative, common themes include youthful rebellion, class and racial discrimination, and taboo sexuality.

Directing

• In the Realm of the Senses (1976)
• Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)
• Empire of Passion (1978)

Writing

• In the Realm of the Senses (1976)
• Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)
• Empire of Passion (1978)

Not streaming in Sweden right now

• Taboo (1999)
• Death by Hanging (1968)
• Cruel Story of Youth (1960)
• Boy (1969)
• The Ceremony (1971)
• Violence at Noon (1966)
• Max My Love (1986)
• Yakuza Graveyard (1976)
• The Man Who Left His Will on Film (1970)
• The Sun's Burial (1960)
• Pleasures of the Flesh (1965)
• Level Five (1997)