Nagisa Ōshima

Personal Info

Birthday

March 31, 1932

Day of Death

2013-01-15

(80 years old)

Place of Birth

Okayama, Japan

Also Known As

大島渚

Nagisa Ooshima

Нагиса Осима

Nagisa Ôshima

Nagisa Ōshima

Biography

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.

Known For

Death by Hanging

Yakuza Graveyard

Cinématon

Rahman: Father of Bengal

Filmography

2023
The Enigmatic Charlotte Rampling
as Self (archive footage)
2002
Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions
as Himself
1997
Level Five
as Self
1995
100 Years of Japanese Cinema
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1993
Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema
as Self
1991
Kyoto, My Mother's Place
as Himself
1985
The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima
as Self
1983
The Oshima Gang
as Self
1981
A Visit to Ogawa Productions
as Himself
1978
Cinématon
as N°806
1976
Yakuza Graveyard
as Chief Omura
1973
Rahman: Father of Bengal
as Interviewer
1968
Death by Hanging
as Narrator (voice)