Directing
Nagisa Ōshima
- Titles
- 51movies1TV showsmovies and TV shows
- Career
- 19591999
- Directed
- 40titles as director
- Average score
64/100
- Highest rated
Death by Hanging74/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 18 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical6.8average 2.6
- Social Commentary7.5average 4.9
- Class & Capitalism5.6average 3.3
- Eroticism4.0average 1.8
- Politics4.6average 2.6
- Crime5.6average 3.7
- Melancholy6.6average 4.7
- Psychological7.1average 5.6
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism3.0, average 5.2
- Wholesome1.6, average 3.3
- Situational Comedy1.2, average 2.7
- Fantasy0.6, average 1.8
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 8
- Japanese New Wave 6
- Psychological Drama 5
- Social Critique 4
- Post-War Japan 3
- Japanese Cinema 3
- Japanese New Wave Cinema 3
- Existential Drama 2
- Experimental Cinema 2
- Crime Drama 2
- Existential Angst 2
- Melancholy 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Keiichi UraokaEditorIn the Realm of the Senses, Empire of Passion, Cruel Story of Youth, Death by Hanging, Japanese Summer: Double Suicide, +10 more
Rokkō TouraActorDeath by Hanging, The Ceremony, Violence at Noon, Diary of a Shinjuku Thief, Pleasures of the Flesh, +7 more
Kei SatōActorTaboo, Death by Hanging, Japanese Summer: Double Suicide, Violence at Noon, The Sun's Burial, +6 more
Mamoru SasakiWriterThe Dawn of Asia, Death by Hanging, Japanese Summer: Double Suicide, The Ceremony, The Man Who Left His Will on Film, +5 more
Tsutomu TamuraWriterThe Dawn of Asia, Death by Hanging, Japanese Summer: Double Suicide, The Ceremony, Boy, +5 more
Hōsei KomatsuActorDeath by Hanging, The Ceremony, Violence at Noon, Dear Summer Sister, Three Resurrected Drunkards, +4 more
Fumio WatanabeActorCruel Story of Youth, Death by Hanging, The Ceremony, Boy, The Sun's Burial, +4 more
Akiko KoyamaActorEmpire of Passion, Death by Hanging, Violence at Noon, Boy, Sing a Song of Sex, +4 more
Hikaru HayashiActorDeath by Hanging, Japanese Summer: Double Suicide, Violence at Noon, Boy, Sing a Song of Sex, +2 more- YYasuhiro YoshiokaCinematographerDeath by Hanging, Japanese Summer: Double Suicide, Boy, Diary of a Shinjuku Thief, Dear Summer Sister, +2 more
Riichirō ManabeComposerCruel Story of Youth, The Sun's Burial, Night and Fog in Japan, The Catch, Street of Love and Hope, +1 more
Takashi KawamataCinematographerCruel Story of Youth, The Sun's Burial, Night and Fog in Japan, Donto ikōze, Tomorrow's Sun, +1 more
Movies and TV shows
44Upcoming
1 titles
The Greater East Asian War
Writer, Director
2010s
1 titles
Short Cuts : In the Realm of the Senses (2016)
Original Film Writer
1990s
3 titles · average score 63
66
Taboo (1999)
Director, Screenplay
60
100 Years of Japanese Cinema (1995)
Director, Writer
Kyoto, My Mother's Place (1991)
Writer, Director
1980s
2 titles · average score 66
61
Max My Love (1986)
Writer, Director
72
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)
Director, Screenplay
1970s
12 titles · average score 65
69
Empire of Passion (1978)
Director, Writer
Cinématon (1978)
as N°806
66
In the Realm of the Senses (1976)
Director, Writer
A Life of Mao (1976)
Writer, Director
68
Yakuza Graveyard (1976)
as Chief Omura
Rahman: Father of Bengal (1973)
as Interviewer
53
Dear Summer Sister (1972)
Director, Writer
ジョイ！バングラ (1972)
Director
The Giants (1972)
Director
71
The Ceremony (1971)
Director, Screenplay
64
The Man Who Left His Will on Film (1970)
Story, Director
1960s
22 titles · average score 63
73
Boy (1969)
Director
53
Diary of a Shinjuku Thief (1969)
Director, Editor
74
Death by Hanging (1968)
as Narrator (voice)
60
Three Resurrected Drunkards (1968)
Writer, Director
62
Japanese Summer: Double Suicide (1967)
Writer, Director
60
Sing a Song of Sex (1967)
Director, Writer
53
Band of Ninja (1967)
Screenplay, Director
65
Violence at Noon (1966)
Director
63
Pleasures of the Flesh (1965)
Screenplay, Director
67
Cruel Story of Youth (1960)
Screenplay, Director
66
The Sun's Burial (1960)
Screenplay, Director
66
Night and Fog in Japan (1960)
Director, Writer
1950s
3 titles · average score 68
68
Street of Love and Hope (1959)
Writer, Director
Tomorrow's Sun (1959)
Director, Writer
Donto ikōze (1959)
Screenplay