Oshima Nagisa

Nagisa Oshima is a famous Japanese writer and film director living in New York City. 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 (愛と希望の街; Ai to kibo no machi) in 1959.

Nagisa Oshima biography in Senses of Cinema: Great Directors Critical Database

• Retrospective at the Kerala International Film Festival, India. [2000]
• Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume Two, 1945-1985". Pages 719-728. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1988.
• Member of the jury at the Venice Film Festival in 1983.
• Member of the jury at the Venice Film Festival in 1994.
• Retrospective at the Bergamo Film Meeting, Italy [1984].
• Retrospective at the Turin Film Festival, Italy [2009].

As an actor:

• 1976 Yakuza no hakaba: Kuchinashi no hana
• 1968 Kôshikei
• 1968 Kôshikei
• 2006 Eiga kantoku tte nanda!
• 2005 The Oshima Gang: The Making of 'Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence'
• 2003 Kinomagazin
• 2000 The 23rd Annual Japan Academy Awards
• 2000 Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano
• 2000 Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions
• 1997 Level Five
• 1995 Nihon eiga no hyaku nen
• 1994 Music for the Movies: Tôru Takemitsu
• 1993 Waga eiga jinsei: Akira Kurosawa interview
• 1992 L'envers du décor: Portrait de Pierre Guffroy
• 1992 Takajin no baâ
• 1991 Kyoto, My Mother's Place
• 1990 EX terebi
• 1990 The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima
• 1988 Tantei! Naito sukûpu
• 1987 Asamade nama TV!
• 1984 Cinématon
• 1977 Yokoi shoichi: guamu-to 28 nen no nazo o ou
• 1976 Ikiteiru umi no bohyo
• 1976 Denki mo-taku-to
• 1976 Revista de cine
• 1976 Ikiteiru gyokusai no shima
• 1975 Ikiteiru nihonkai-kaisen
• 1972 Goze: Momoku no onna-tabigeinin
• 1972 Kyojin-gun
• 1962 Kori no naka no seishun
• 2009 Kyôiku terebi no gyakushû: Yomigaeru kyoshô no kotoba
• 2007 Cannes, 60 ans d'histoires

As a director:

• 1999 Gohatto
• 1995 Nihon eiga no hyaku nen
• 1991 Kyoto, My Mother's Place
• 1986 Max mon amour
• 1983 Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
• 1978 Ai no borei
• 1977 Shisha wa itsumademo wakai
• 1977 Yokoi shoichi: guamu-to 28 nen no nazo o ou
• 1976 Ikiteiru umi no bohyo
• 1976 Denki mo-taku-to
• 1976 Ai no korîda
• 1976 Ogon no daichi Bengal
• 1976 Ikiteiru gyokusai no shima
• 1975 Ikiteiru nihonkai-kaisen
• 1973 Bengaru no chichi Raman
• 1972 Goze: Momoku no onna-tabigeinin
• 1972 Natsu no imôto
• 1972 Joi! Bangla
• 1972 Kyojin-gun
• 1971 Gishiki
• 1970 Tôkyô sensô sengo hiwa
• 1969 Shônen
• 1969 Mo-taku-to to bunka daikakumei
• 1969 Shinjuku dorobô nikki
• 1968 Daitoa senso
• 1968 Kaette kita yopparai
• 1968 Kôshikei
• 1967 Muri shinjû: Nihon no natsu
• 1967 Nihon shunka-kô
• 1967 Ninja bugei-cho
• 1966 Hakuchû no toorima
• 1965 Yunbogi no nikki
• 1965 Gyosen sonansu
• 1965 Etsuraku
• 1964 Seishun no ishibumi
• 1964 Hankotsu no toride
• 1964 Aogeba totoshi
• 1964 Aru kokutetsu-jomuin
• 1964 Aisurebakoso
• 1964 Ajia no akebono
• 1964 Chiisana boken ryoko
• 1964 Watashi-wa beretto
• 1963 Wasurerareta kogun
• 1962 Amakusa shiro tokisada
• 1962 Kori no naka no seishun
• 1961 Shiiku
• 1960 Nihon no yoru to kiri
• 1960 Taiyô no hakaba
• 1960 Seishun zankoku monogatari
• 1959 Ai to kibô no machi
• 1959 Asu no taiyô
• 1999 Gohatto
• 1995 Nihon eiga no hyaku nen
• 1991 Kyoto, My Mother's Place
• 1986 Max mon amour
• 1983 Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
• 1978 Ai no borei
• 1977 Shisha wa itsumademo wakai
• 1977 Yokoi shoichi: guamu-to 28 nen no nazo o ou
• 1976 Ikiteiru umi no bohyo
• 1976 Denki mo-taku-to
• 1976 Ai no korîda
• 1976 Ogon no daichi Bengal
• 1976 Ikiteiru gyokusai no shima
• 1975 Ikiteiru nihonkai-kaisen
• 1973 Bengaru no chichi Raman
• 1972 Goze: Momoku no onna-tabigeinin
• 1972 Natsu no imôto
• 1972 Joi! Bangla
• 1972 Kyojin-gun
• 1971 Gishiki
• 1970 Tôkyô sensô sengo hiwa
• 1969 Mo-taku-to to bunka daikakumei
• 1969 Shinjuku dorobô nikki
• 1968 Daitoa senso
• 1968 Kaette kita yopparai
• 1968 Kôshikei
• 1967 Muri shinjû: Nihon no natsu
• 1967 Nihon shunka-kô
• 1967 Ninja bugei-cho
• 1965 Yunbogi no nikki
• 1965 Gyosen sonansu
• 1965 Etsuraku
• 1964 Seishun no ishibumi
• 1964 Chita Niseigo taiheiyô ôdan
• 1964 Hankotsu no toride
• 1964 Gimei shojo
• 1964 Aogeba totoshi
• 1964 Aru kokutetsu-jomuin
• 1964 Aisurebakoso
• 1963 Wasurerareta kogun
• 1962 Amakusa shiro tokisada
• 1962 Kori no naka no seishun
• 1960 Nihon no yoru to kiri
• 1960 Taiyô no hakaba
• 1960 Seishun zankoku monogatari
• 1959 Ai to kibô no machi
• 1959 Asu no taiyô
• 1953 Senba zuru
• 1969 Shinjuku dorobô nikki
• 1964 Aogeba totoshi
• 1964 Aru kokutetsu-jomuin
• 1976 Yakuza no hakaba: Kuchinashi no hana
• 1968 Kôshikei
• 1968 Kôshikei
• 2006 Eiga kantoku tte nanda!
• 2005 The Oshima Gang: The Making of 'Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence'
• 2003 Kinomagazin
• 2000 The 23rd Annual Japan Academy Awards
• 2000 Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano
• 2000 Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions
• 1997 Level Five
• 1995 Nihon eiga no hyaku nen
• 1994 Music for the Movies: Tôru Takemitsu
• 1993 Waga eiga jinsei: Akira Kurosawa interview
• 1992 L'envers du décor: Portrait de Pierre Guffroy
• 1992 Takajin no baâ
• 1991 Kyoto, My Mother's Place
• 1990 EX terebi
• 1990 The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima
• 1988 Tantei! Naito sukûpu
• 1987 Asamade nama TV!
• 1984 Cinématon
• 1977 Yokoi shoichi: guamu-to 28 nen no nazo o ou
• 1976 Ikiteiru umi no bohyo
• 1976 Denki mo-taku-to
• 1976 Revista de cine
• 1976 Ikiteiru gyokusai no shima
• 1975 Ikiteiru nihonkai-kaisen
• 1972 Goze: Momoku no onna-tabigeinin
• 1972 Kyojin-gun
• 1962 Kori no naka no seishun
• 2009 Kyôiku terebi no gyakushû: Yomigaeru kyoshô no kotoba
• 2007 Cannes, 60 ans d'histoires

As a producer:

• 1968 Kôshikei
• 2006 Eiga kantoku tte nanda!
• 2005 The Oshima Gang: The Making of 'Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence'
• 2003 Kinomagazin
• 2000 The 23rd Annual Japan Academy Awards
• 2000 Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano
• 2000 Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions
• 1997 Level Five
• 1995 Nihon eiga no hyaku nen
• 1994 Music for the Movies: Tôru Takemitsu
• 1993 Waga eiga jinsei: Akira Kurosawa interview
• 1992 L'envers du décor: Portrait de Pierre Guffroy
• 1992 Takajin no baâ
• 1991 Kyoto, My Mother's Place
• 1990 EX terebi
• 1990 The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima
• 1988 Tantei! Naito sukûpu
• 1987 Asamade nama TV!
• 1984 Cinématon
• 1977 Yokoi shoichi: guamu-to 28 nen no nazo o ou
• 1976 Ikiteiru umi no bohyo
• 1976 Denki mo-taku-to
• 1976 Revista de cine
• 1976 Ikiteiru gyokusai no shima
• 1975 Ikiteiru nihonkai-kaisen
• 1972 Goze: Momoku no onna-tabigeinin
• 1972 Kyojin-gun
• 1962 Kori no naka no seishun
• 2009 Kyôiku terebi no gyakushû: Yomigaeru kyoshô no kotoba
• 2007 Cannes, 60 ans d'histoires

Self:

• 2006 Eiga kantoku tte nanda!
• 2005 The Oshima Gang: The Making of 'Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence'
• 2003 Kinomagazin
• 2000 The 23rd Annual Japan Academy Awards
• 2000 Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano
• 2000 Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions
• 1997 Level Five
• 1995 Nihon eiga no hyaku nen
• 1994 Music for the Movies: Tôru Takemitsu
• 1993 Waga eiga jinsei: Akira Kurosawa interview
• 1992 L'envers du décor: Portrait de Pierre Guffroy
• 1992 Takajin no baâ
• 1991 Kyoto, My Mother's Place
• 1990 EX terebi
• 1990 The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima
• 1988 Tantei! Naito sukûpu
• 1987 Asamade nama TV!
• 1984 Cinématon
• 1977 Yokoi shoichi: guamu-to 28 nen no nazo o ou
• 1976 Ikiteiru umi no bohyo
• 1976 Denki mo-taku-to
• 1976 Revista de cine
• 1976 Ikiteiru gyokusai no shima
• 1975 Ikiteiru nihonkai-kaisen
• 1972 Goze: Momoku no onna-tabigeinin
• 1972 Kyojin-gun
• 1962 Kori no naka no seishun
• 2009 Kyôiku terebi no gyakushû: Yomigaeru kyoshô no kotoba
• 2007 Cannes, 60 ans d'histoires