Portrait of Nagisa Ōshima

Directing

Nagisa Ōshima

Career

Active from 1959 to 1999, busiest in 1969 with 5 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score66/100
Highest rated
Poster for Violence at Noon
Violence at Noon
GoodWatch score85/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 21 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Nagisa Ōshima Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.5, average 5.4
  • Wholesome
    1.6, average 3.4
  • Situational Comedy
    1.3, average 2.7
  • Physical Comedy
    1.3, average 2.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 8
  • Social Critique 5
  • Japanese New Wave 5
  • Psychological Drama 5
  • Post-War Japan 4
  • Japanese New Wave Cinema 4
  • Japanese Cinema 3
  • Existential Drama 2
  • Psychological Exploration 2
  • Experimental Cinema 2
  • Social Realism 2
  • Crime Thriller 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

45
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2010s

1 title
Short Cuts : In the Realm of the Senses
Short Cuts : In the Realm of the Senses (2016)

Original Film Writer

1990s

3 titles · average score 65
Taboo
Taboo (1999)
GoodWatch score 71

Screenplay, Director

100 Years of Japanese Cinema
100 Years of Japanese Cinema (1995)
GoodWatch score 60

Director, Writer

Kyoto, My Mother's Place
Kyoto, My Mother's Place (1991)

Director, Writer

1980s

2 titles · average score 55
Max My Love
Max My Love (1986)
GoodWatch score 39

Director, Writer

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)
GoodWatch score 71

Director, Screenplay

1970s

13 titles · average score 71
Empire of Passion
Empire of Passion (1978)
GoodWatch score 75

Director, Writer

Cinématon
Cinématon (1978)

as N°806

Yokoi and His Twenty-Eight Years of Secret Life on Guam
Yokoi and His Twenty-Eight Years of Secret Life on Guam (1977)

Director

In the Realm of the Senses
In the Realm of the Senses (1976)
GoodWatch score 75

Writer, Director

A Life of Mao
A Life of Mao (1976)

Director, Writer

Yakuza Graveyard
Yakuza Graveyard (1976)
GoodWatch score 86

as Chief Omura

Rahman: Father of Bengal
Rahman: Father of Bengal (1973)

as Interviewer

Dear Summer Sister
Dear Summer Sister (1972)
GoodWatch score 57

Director, Writer

ジョイ!バングラ
ジョイ!バングラ (1972)

Director

The Giants
The Giants (1972)

Director

The Ceremony
The Ceremony (1971)
GoodWatch score 70

Director, Screenplay

The Man Who Left His Will on Film
The Man Who Left His Will on Film (1970)
GoodWatch score 64

Director, Story

1960s

23 titles · average score 67
Diary of a Shinjuku Thief
Diary of a Shinjuku Thief (1969)
GoodWatch score 60

Writer, Editor

Boy
Boy (1969)
GoodWatch score 73

Director

Death by Hanging
Death by Hanging (1968)
GoodWatch score 82

as Narrator (voice)

Three Resurrected Drunkards
Three Resurrected Drunkards (1968)
GoodWatch score 61

Director, Writer

Sing a Song of Sex
Sing a Song of Sex (1967)
GoodWatch score 56

Writer, Director

Japanese Summer: Double Suicide
Japanese Summer: Double Suicide (1967)
GoodWatch score 62

Writer, Director

Violence at Noon
Violence at Noon (1966)
GoodWatch score 85

Director

Pleasures of the Flesh
Pleasures of the Flesh (1965)
GoodWatch score 62

Director, Screenplay

The Catch
The Catch (1961)
GoodWatch score 66

Director

Cruel Story of Youth
Cruel Story of Youth (1960)
GoodWatch score 83

Director, Screenplay

The Sun's Burial
The Sun's Burial (1960)
GoodWatch score 65

Director, Screenplay

Night and Fog in Japan
Night and Fog in Japan (1960)
GoodWatch score 59

Director, Writer

1950s

3 titles · average score 69
Street of Love and Hope
Street of Love and Hope (1959)
GoodWatch score 69

Writer, Director

Tomorrow's Sun
Tomorrow's Sun (1959)

Writer, Director

Donto ikōze
Donto ikōze (1959)

Screenplay