Nagisa Ōshima

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.

  • Title: Nagisa Ōshima
  • Popularity: 4.669
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1932-03-31
  • Place of Birth: Okayama, Japan
  • Homepage: http://www.oshima-pro.jp
  • Also Known As: 大島 渚, Nagisa Ooshima, Нагиса Осима, Nagisa Ôshima
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Nagisa Ōshima Movies

  • 2006
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    What's a Director?

    What's a Director?

    1 2006 HD

    Works commemorating the 70th anniversary of the founding of Japan mapping Supervision Association

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  • 1976
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    Yakuza Graveyard

    Yakuza Graveyard

    6.4 1976 HD

    A police investigator cracks down on yakuza business, but once he realizes the police are in negotiations with certain factions, he sides with his...

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  • 1968
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    Death by Hanging

    Death by Hanging

    7.404 1968 HD

    A Korean man is sentenced to death in Japan but somehow survives his execution, sending the authorities into a panic about what to do next.

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  • 1991
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    Kyoto, My Mother's Place

    Kyoto, My Mother's Place

    1 1991 HD

    Story of Kyoto: its history, culture, as well as the role it has played in the director's life and the life of his mother.

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  • 1976
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    A Life of Mao

    A Life of Mao

    1 1976 HD

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  • 2023
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    The Enigmatic Charlotte Rampling

    The Enigmatic Charlotte Rampling

    6.8 2023 HD

    Screen icon Charlotte Rampling has fascinated the world of cinema, fashion and photography with her mysterious and almost inaccessible beauty. A...

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  • 1981
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    A Visit to Ogawa Productions

    A Visit to Ogawa Productions

    1 1981 HD

    A Visit to Ogawa Productions offers a rare insight into the social and cinematic philosophy of one of Japan's best-known documentary film...

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  • 2010
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    The Oshima Gang

    The Oshima Gang

    1 2010 HD

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  • 1978
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    Cinématon

    Cinématon

    4.3 1978 HD

    Cinématon is a 156-hour long experimental film by French director Gérard Courant. It was the longest film ever released until 2011....

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  • 2002
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    Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions

    Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions

    1 2002 HD

    Devotion investigates the extremely complex and heirarchical relationships among a committed group of Japanese filmmakers who dedicated up to 30...

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  • 1993
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    Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema

    Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema

    6.5 1993 HD

    Nagisa Oshima interviews Akira Kurosawa, leading him to share his thoughts about filmmaking, his life and works, and numerous anecdotes relating to...

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  • 1985
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    The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima

    The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima

    4.3 1985 HD

    A BBC television documentary on the life of Yukio Mishima that highlights the many known major aspects of his life and personality.

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  • 1995
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    100 Years of Japanese Cinema

    100 Years of Japanese Cinema

    5.813 1995 HD

    The story of the first century of Japanese cinema from the point of view of the controversial Japanese filmmaker Nagisa Ōshima.

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  • 1983
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    The Oshima Gang

    The Oshima Gang

    1 1983 HD

    Documentary about the making of Nagisa Oshima's 1983 film MERRY CHRISTMAS MR. LAWRENCE.

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  • 1983
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    The Man Who Left His Soul on Film

    The Man Who Left His Soul on Film

    1 1983 HD

    Documentary about Nagisa Oshima. It includes interviews with Oshima, Donald Richie, Roger Pulvers and Paul Mayersberg

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  • 1973
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    Rahman: Father of Bengal

    Rahman: Father of Bengal

    1 1973 HD

    Documentary about the politician Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

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  • 1997
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    Level Five

    Level Five

    6.269 1997 HD

    The French computer programmer Laura inherits the task of making a computer game of the Battle of Okinawa in Japan during World War 2. She searches...

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  • 2000
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    Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano

    Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano

    1 2000 HD

    First major English-language documentary profile of the cult Japanese actor/director, Takeshi Kitano. Featuring interviews with many of his regular...

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  • 1988
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    ΦIDEA

    ΦIDEA

    1 1988 HD

    Documentary featuring Nagisa Ōshima and Masuaki Kiyota, a Uri Geller-esque psychic medium

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  • 1969
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    Mao Tse-Tung and the Cultural Revolution

    Mao Tse-Tung and the Cultural Revolution

    1 1969 HD

    Nagisa Oshima's documentary details the rise of Chairman Mao during the revolution and shows the Communist Party's struggle and cultural upheaval....

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  • 1999
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    Taboo

    Taboo

    6.543 1999 HD

    Set during Japan's Shogun era, this film looks at life in a samurai compound where young warriors are trained in swordfighting. A number of...

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  • 1976
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    In the Realm of the Senses

    In the Realm of the Senses

    6.597 1976 HD

    A passionate telling of the story of Sada Abe, a woman whose affair with her master led to an obsessive and ultimately destructive sexual...

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  • 1983
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    Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

    Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

    7.323 1983 HD

    Island of Java, 1942, during World War II. British Major Jack Celliers arrives at a Japanese prison camp, run by the strict Captain Yonoi. Colonel...

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  • 1983
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    Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

    Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

    7.323 1983 HD

    Island of Java, 1942, during World War II. British Major Jack Celliers arrives at a Japanese prison camp, run by the strict Captain Yonoi. Colonel...

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  • 1966
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    Violence at Noon

    Violence at Noon

    6.113 1966 HD

    Two young women must come to terms with the fact that a man they're deeply linked to is a murdering rapist.

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  • 1995
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    100 Years of Japanese Cinema

    100 Years of Japanese Cinema

    5.813 1995 HD

    The story of the first century of Japanese cinema from the point of view of the controversial Japanese filmmaker Nagisa Ōshima.

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  • 1986
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    Max My Love

    Max My Love

    6.1 1986 HD

    The wife of a British diplomat in Paris takes a chimpanzee as her lover.

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  • 1964
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    A Rebel's Fortress

    A Rebel's Fortress

    1 1964 HD

    A chronicle of the eight-year battle against the construction of the Matsubara dam at Ogunimachi Shimouke, Asogun, district of Kumamoto. Tomoyuki...

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  • 1964
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    A Rebel's Fortress

    A Rebel's Fortress

    1 1964 HD

    A chronicle of the eight-year battle against the construction of the Matsubara dam at Ogunimachi Shimouke, Asogun, district of Kumamoto. Tomoyuki...

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  • 1967
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    Japanese Summer: Double Suicide

    Japanese Summer: Double Suicide

    5.6 1967 HD

    A sex-obsessed woman, a suicidal man she meets on the street, and a gun-crazy wannabe gangster become trapped in an underground hideaway.

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  • 1967
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    Japanese Summer: Double Suicide

    Japanese Summer: Double Suicide

    5.6 1967 HD

    A sex-obsessed woman, a suicidal man she meets on the street, and a gun-crazy wannabe gangster become trapped in an underground hideaway.

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  • 1978
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    Empire of Passion

    Empire of Passion

    7 1978 HD

    In a small Japanese village at the end of the 19th century, a rickshaw driver's wife takes on a much younger lover and the two conspire to murder him.

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  • 1978
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    Empire of Passion

    Empire of Passion

    7 1978 HD

    In a small Japanese village at the end of the 19th century, a rickshaw driver's wife takes on a much younger lover and the two conspire to murder him.

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  • 1961
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    The Catch

    The Catch

    6.3 1961 HD

    Towards the end of the Second World War, a downed U.S. pilot is captured and imprisoned by rural Japanese villagers, who await official instructions...

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  • 1965
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    Pleasures of the Flesh

    Pleasures of the Flesh

    5.7 1965 HD

    A corrupt businessman blackmails the lovelorn reprobate Atsushi into watching over his suitcase full of embezzled cash while he serves a jail...

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  • 1965
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    Pleasures of the Flesh

    Pleasures of the Flesh

    5.7 1965 HD

    A corrupt businessman blackmails the lovelorn reprobate Atsushi into watching over his suitcase full of embezzled cash while he serves a jail...

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  • 1971
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    The Ceremony

    The Ceremony

    7 1971 HD

    Oshima’s magisterial epic, centering on the ambivalent surviving heir of the Sakurada clan, uses ritual and the microcosm of the traditional...

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  • 1967
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    Sing a Song of Sex

    Sing a Song of Sex

    5.7 1967 HD

    Four sexually hungry high school students preparing for their university entrance exams meet up with an inebriated teacher singing bawdy drinking...

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  • 1967
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    Sing a Song of Sex

    Sing a Song of Sex

    5.7 1967 HD

    Four sexually hungry high school students preparing for their university entrance exams meet up with an inebriated teacher singing bawdy drinking...

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  • 1959
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    Street of Love and Hope

    Street of Love and Hope

    6.6 1959 HD

    A young man runs a scam selling pigeons that always return to his home. He falls under the wing of Kyoko, an older student whose heart is touched...

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  • 1959
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    Street of Love and Hope

    Street of Love and Hope

    6.6 1959 HD

    A young man runs a scam selling pigeons that always return to his home. He falls under the wing of Kyoko, an older student whose heart is touched...

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  • 1962
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    The Christian Revolt

    The Christian Revolt

    6.2 1962 HD

    In the year 1637 in Shimabara of Tokugawa-era Japan, oppressed peasant Christians revolt against the shogunate with the aid of a charismatic...

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  • 1962
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    The Christian Revolt

    The Christian Revolt

    6.2 1962 HD

    In the year 1637 in Shimabara of Tokugawa-era Japan, oppressed peasant Christians revolt against the shogunate with the aid of a charismatic...

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  • 1969
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    Boy

    Boy

    7.313 1969 HD

    A family of four lives off of scams in which they pretend to be injured by automobiles.

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  • 1970
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    The Man Who Left His Will on Film

    The Man Who Left His Will on Film

    6 1970 HD

    A metaphysical mystery involving a university student's camera getting stolen, and the thief then committing suicide.

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  • 1970
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    The Man Who Left His Will on Film

    The Man Who Left His Will on Film

    6 1970 HD

    A metaphysical mystery involving a university student's camera getting stolen, and the thief then committing suicide.

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  • 1972
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    Dear Summer Sister

    Dear Summer Sister

    4.3 1972 HD

    14-year-old Sunaoko travels from Tokyo to Naha, Okinawa, with her father’s young fiancée Momoko in search of her half-brother whom she...

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  • 1972
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    Dear Summer Sister

    Dear Summer Sister

    4.3 1972 HD

    14-year-old Sunaoko travels from Tokyo to Naha, Okinawa, with her father’s young fiancée Momoko in search of her half-brother whom she...

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  • 1969
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    Diary of a Shinjuku Thief

    Diary of a Shinjuku Thief

    4.646 1969 HD

    In Tokyo's Shinjuku district, the lives of a young man prone to theft, a young woman he meets at a bookstore, and a kabuki actor intersect.

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  • 1960
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    Cruel Story of Youth

    Cruel Story of Youth

    6.673 1960 HD

    A budding gangster enthralls a freeloading young woman, soon taking advantage of her knack for hitch-hiking to rob middle-class, middle-aged men.

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  • 1968
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    Death by Hanging

    Death by Hanging

    7.404 1968 HD

    A Korean man is sentenced to death in Japan but somehow survives his execution, sending the authorities into a panic about what to do next.

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  • 1968
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    Three Resurrected Drunkards

    Three Resurrected Drunkards

    5.467 1968 HD

    Three students spend their holidays at the seaside where they are mistaken for Koreans, a minority which is looked down on in Japan. The action...

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  • 1968
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    Three Resurrected Drunkards

    Three Resurrected Drunkards

    5.467 1968 HD

    Three students spend their holidays at the seaside where they are mistaken for Koreans, a minority which is looked down on in Japan. The action...

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  • 1960
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    Night and Fog in Japan

    Night and Fog in Japan

    6.452 1960 HD

    Uninvited guests crash a former student radical's wedding and accuse him, his bride and other guests of ignoring their political commitments.

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  • 1960
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    Night and Fog in Japan

    Night and Fog in Japan

    6.452 1960 HD

    Uninvited guests crash a former student radical's wedding and accuse him, his bride and other guests of ignoring their political commitments.

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  • 1960
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    The Sun's Burial

    The Sun's Burial

    6.5 1960 HD

    In Osaka's slum, youths without futures engage in pilfering, assault and robbery, prostitution, and the buying and selling of identity cards and of...

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  • 1967
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    Band of Ninja

    Band of Ninja

    5 1967 HD

    A young boy joins a band of ninja during a peasant uprising, all depicted through an experimental form of filming pages from the original manga set...

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  • 1967
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    Band of Ninja

    Band of Ninja

    5 1967 HD

    A young boy joins a band of ninja during a peasant uprising, all depicted through an experimental form of filming pages from the original manga set...

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  • 1959
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    Tomorrow's Sun

    Tomorrow's Sun

    6.1 1959 HD

    A playful short film made in the style of a trailer for a fictional feature film that seems to be a spoof of films that were popular in Japan at the...

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  • 1959
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    Tomorrow's Sun

    Tomorrow's Sun

    6.1 1959 HD

    A playful short film made in the style of a trailer for a fictional feature film that seems to be a spoof of films that were popular in Japan at the...

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  • 1976
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    A Life of Mao

    A Life of Mao

    1 1976 HD

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  • 1976
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    A Life of Mao

    A Life of Mao

    1 1976 HD

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  • 1965
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    Diary of Yunbogi

    Diary of Yunbogi

    6.1 1965 HD

    This ethereal montage of still images with darkly somber undertones, Yunbogi’s Diary is based on photographs that Oshima took during his...

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  • 1969
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    When Twilight Draws Near

    When Twilight Draws Near

    6.4 1969 HD

    Bored by the emptiness of everyday life, four students gather to play dangerous games in an apartment.

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  • 1991
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    Kyoto, My Mother's Place

    Kyoto, My Mother's Place

    1 1991 HD

    Story of Kyoto: its history, culture, as well as the role it has played in the director's life and the life of his mother.

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  • 1991
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    Kyoto, My Mother's Place

    Kyoto, My Mother's Place

    1 1991 HD

    Story of Kyoto: its history, culture, as well as the role it has played in the director's life and the life of his mother.

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  • 1971
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    The Ceremony

    The Ceremony

    7 1971 HD

    Oshima’s magisterial epic, centering on the ambivalent surviving heir of the Sakurada clan, uses ritual and the microcosm of the traditional...

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  • 1960
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    The Sun's Burial

    The Sun's Burial

    6.5 1960 HD

    In Osaka's slum, youths without futures engage in pilfering, assault and robbery, prostitution, and the buying and selling of identity cards and of...

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  • 1963
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    The Forgotten Imperial Army

    The Forgotten Imperial Army

    6 1963 HD

    Oshima exposes the fact that many wounded soldiers cannot receive compensation from the Japanese government because of their Korean nationality,...

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  • 1967
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    Band of Ninja

    Band of Ninja

    5 1967 HD

    A young boy joins a band of ninja during a peasant uprising, all depicted through an experimental form of filming pages from the original manga set...

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  • 1972
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    The Journey of the Blind Musicians

    The Journey of the Blind Musicians

    1 1972 HD

    "Goze" drawn by painter Shinichi Saito. One of the few remaining blind women in the snowy Niigata region, a traveling entertainer who played the...

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  • 1999
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    Taboo

    Taboo

    6.543 1999 HD

    Set during Japan's Shogun era, this film looks at life in a samurai compound where young warriors are trained in swordfighting. A number of...

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  • 1969
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    Diary of a Shinjuku Thief

    Diary of a Shinjuku Thief

    4.646 1969 HD

    In Tokyo's Shinjuku district, the lives of a young man prone to theft, a young woman he meets at a bookstore, and a kabuki actor intersect.

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  • 1964
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    My Bellett

    My Bellett

    6 1964 HD

    A promotional film for the automobile manufacturer Isuzu Jidosha directed by Nagisa Ôshima - an anthology of three stories.

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  • 1968
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    Death by Hanging

    Death by Hanging

    7.404 1968 HD

    A Korean man is sentenced to death in Japan but somehow survives his execution, sending the authorities into a panic about what to do next.

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  • 1968
    imgMovies

    Death by Hanging

    Death by Hanging

    7.404 1968 HD

    A Korean man is sentenced to death in Japan but somehow survives his execution, sending the authorities into a panic about what to do next.

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  • 1969
    imgMovies

    Diary of a Shinjuku Thief

    Diary of a Shinjuku Thief

    4.646 1969 HD

    In Tokyo's Shinjuku district, the lives of a young man prone to theft, a young woman he meets at a bookstore, and a kabuki actor intersect.

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  • 1964
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    My Bellett

    My Bellett

    6 1964 HD

    A promotional film for the automobile manufacturer Isuzu Jidosha directed by Nagisa Ôshima - an anthology of three stories.

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  • 1986
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    Max My Love

    Max My Love

    6.1 1986 HD

    The wife of a British diplomat in Paris takes a chimpanzee as her lover.

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  • 1965
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    Diary of Yunbogi

    Diary of Yunbogi

    6.1 1965 HD

    This ethereal montage of still images with darkly somber undertones, Yunbogi’s Diary is based on photographs that Oshima took during his...

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  • 1965
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    Diary of Yunbogi

    Diary of Yunbogi

    6.1 1965 HD

    This ethereal montage of still images with darkly somber undertones, Yunbogi’s Diary is based on photographs that Oshima took during his...

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  • 1969
    imgMovies

    Mao Tse-Tung and the Cultural Revolution

    Mao Tse-Tung and the Cultural Revolution

    1 1969 HD

    Nagisa Oshima's documentary details the rise of Chairman Mao during the revolution and shows the Communist Party's struggle and cultural upheaval....

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  • 1959
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    Donto ikōze

    Donto ikōze

    1 1959 HD

    Comedy about the trials and tribulations of youth.

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  • 1976
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    In the Realm of the Senses

    In the Realm of the Senses

    6.597 1976 HD

    A passionate telling of the story of Sada Abe, a woman whose affair with her master led to an obsessive and ultimately destructive sexual...

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  • 1995
    imgMovies

    100 Years of Japanese Cinema

    100 Years of Japanese Cinema

    5.813 1995 HD

    The story of the first century of Japanese cinema from the point of view of the controversial Japanese filmmaker Nagisa Ōshima.

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  • 1973
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    Rahman: Father of Bengal

    Rahman: Father of Bengal

    1 1973 HD

    Documentary about the politician Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

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  • 1972
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    The Giants

    The Giants

    1 1972 HD

    The program investigates the secrets behind the success of Japan’s most famous baseball team, the Tokyo Yomiuri Kyojin-gun, affectionately...

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  • 1963
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    The Forgotten Imperial Army

    The Forgotten Imperial Army

    6 1963 HD

    Oshima exposes the fact that many wounded soldiers cannot receive compensation from the Japanese government because of their Korean nationality,...

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  • 1960
    imgMovies

    Cruel Story of Youth

    Cruel Story of Youth

    6.673 1960 HD

    A budding gangster enthralls a freeloading young woman, soon taking advantage of her knack for hitch-hiking to rob middle-class, middle-aged men.

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