

Directing
Nagisa Ōshima
- Titles
- 53movies1TV show
- Career
Active from 1959 to 1999, busiest in 1969 with 5 main titles.
- Directed
- 41titles as director
- Average score
66/100
- Highest rated
Violence at Noon85/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 21 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical6.5average 2.6
- Social Commentary7.5average 4.9
- Class & Capitalism5.8average 3.3
- Eroticism4.1average 1.8
- Politics4.7average 2.6
- Melancholy6.5average 4.7
- Crime5.5average 3.7
- Dark Humor4.2average 2.8
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism3.5, average 5.4
- Wholesome1.6, average 3.3
- Situational Comedy1.3, average 2.7
- Physical Comedy1.3, average 2.4
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 8
- Social Critique 5
- Psychological Drama 5
- Japanese New Wave 5
- Post-War Japan 4
- Japanese New Wave Cinema 4
- Japanese Cinema 3
- Existential Drama 2
- Psychological Exploration 2
- Experimental Cinema 2
- Tragic Romance 2
- Crime Drama 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Keiichi UraokaEditorIn the Realm of the Senses, Empire of Passion, Boy, Death by Hanging, Cruel Story of Youth, +10 more
Rokkō TouraActorDeath by Hanging, The Ceremony, Diary of a Shinjuku Thief, Violence at Noon, Night and Fog in Japan, +7 more
Kei SatōActorTaboo, Death by Hanging, Japanese Summer: Double Suicide, Diary of a Shinjuku Thief, Violence at Noon, +6 more
Fumio WatanabeActorBoy, Death by Hanging, Cruel Story of Youth, The Ceremony, Diary of a Shinjuku Thief, +5 more
Akiko KoyamaActorEmpire of Passion, Boy, Death by Hanging, The Catch, Violence at Noon, +4 more
Hōsei KomatsuActorDeath by Hanging, The Ceremony, The Forgotten Imperial Army, Violence at Noon, Three Resurrected Drunkards, +4 more
Mamoru SasakiWriterDeath by Hanging, Japanese Summer: Double Suicide, The Ceremony, Diary of a Shinjuku Thief, Sing a Song of Sex, +4 more
Tsutomu TamuraWriterBoy, Death by Hanging, Japanese Summer: Double Suicide, The Ceremony, Diary of a Shinjuku Thief, +4 more
Hikaru HayashiActorBoy, Death by Hanging, Japanese Summer: Double Suicide, Violence at Noon, Sing a Song of Sex, +2 more- YYasuhiro YoshiokaCinematographerBoy, Death by Hanging, Japanese Summer: Double Suicide, Diary of a Shinjuku Thief, Three Resurrected Drunkards, +2 more
Riichirō ManabeComposerCruel Story of Youth, The Catch, Night and Fog in Japan, The Christian Revolt, The Sun's Burial, +1 more
Takashi KawamataCinematographerCruel Story of Youth, Night and Fog in Japan, The Sun's Burial, Tomorrow's Sun, Donto ikōze, +1 more
Movies and TV shows
45Type
2010s
1 title
Original Film Writer
1990s
3 titles · average score 65
Director, Screenplay
Director, Writer
Director, Writer
1980s
2 titles · average score 55
Director, Writer
Director, Screenplay
1970s
13 titles · average score 71
Director, Writer
as N°806
Director, Writer
Director, Writer
as Chief Omura
as Interviewer
Director, Writer
Director
Director
Director, Screenplay
Director, Story
1960s
23 titles · average score 66
Director
Director, Editor
as Narrator (voice)
Director, Writer
Writer, Director
Director, Writer
Director
Screenplay, Director
Director
Screenplay, Director
Director, Writer
Director, Screenplay
1950s
3 titles · average score 69
Writer, Director
Writer, Director
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