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Nagisa Ōshima

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Japanese film director and screenwriter (1932-2013)

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Nagisa Ōshima was a Japanese film director, writer, and left-wing activist who is best known for his fiction films, of which he directed 23 features in a career spanning from 1959 to 1999.

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Hitokowa 3: The Killing Hour2013
Danganronpa The Stage ~Kibō no Gakuen to Zetsubō no Kōkōsei~2014
Kabukicho High School2014

Awards 9

2000Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Director
2000Medal with Purple Ribbon
1984Mainichi Film Award for Best Screenplay
1984Mainichi Film Award for Best Director
1978Cannes Best Director Award
1976Sutherland Trophy
1972Mainichi Film Award for Best Screenplay
1961Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Newcomer
1961Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award

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Nagisa Ōshima was a Japanese film director, writer, and left-wing activist who is best known for his fiction films, of which he directed 23 features in a career spanning from 1959 to 1999. He is regarded as one of the greatest Japanese directors of all time, and as one of the most important figures of the Japanese New Wave, alongside Shōhei Imamura. His film style was bold, innovative and provocative. Common themes in his work include youthful rebellion, class and racial discrimination and taboo sexuality.

Country
Japan
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1932 to 2013 · aged 80
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30 languages

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