Overview
Nagisa Ōshima
Known For
The Enigmatic Charlotte Rampling
Screen icon Charlotte Rampling has fascinated the world of cinema,...
The Oshima Gang
Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions
Devotion investigates the extremely complex and heirarchical relationships among a...
Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano
First major English-language documentary profile of the cult Japanese actor/director,...
Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema
Nagisa Oshima interviews Akira Kurosawa, leading him to share his...
The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima
A BBC television documentary on the life of Yukio Mishima...
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.