FILM DIRECTOR

Nagisa Oshima

1932 - 2013

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Nagisa Ōshima (大島 渚, Ōshima Nagisa, March 31, 1932 – January 15, 2013) was a Japanese film director, screenwriter, actor, writer, documentary filmmaker and left-wing activist. One of the foremost directors within the Japanese New Wave, his films include In the Realm of the Senses (1976), a sexually explicit film set in 1930s Japan, and Merry Christmas, Mr. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nagisa Oshima has received more than 375,774 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 41 in 2019). Nagisa Oshima is the 174th most popular film director (down from 164th in 2019), the 190th most popular biography from Japan (down from 152nd in 2019) and the 9th most popular Japanese Film Director.

Nagisa Oshima is most famous for his controversial film "In the Realm of the Senses" which was banned in Japan.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Nagisa Oshima ranks 174 out of 2,041. Before him are Abel Gance, István Szabó, Max Ophüls, Guillermo del Toro, Roy Andersson, and Genndy Tartakovsky. After him are Jacques Rivette, Gordon Parks, Gillo Pontecorvo, Jerzy Skolimowski, Don Siegel, and Alejandro González Iñárritu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Nagisa Oshima ranks 67. Before him are Piper Laurie, Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner, Stephen Covey, Robert Vaughn, Meir Kahane, and David Scott. After him are Gunter Sachs, Hiroaki Sato, Benigno Aquino Jr., Little Richard, Pier Angeli, and Sonny Liston. Among people deceased in 2013, Nagisa Oshima ranks 48. Before him are Jerome Karle, Jesús Franco, James Gandolfini, Lawrence Klein, John Cornforth, and James M. Buchanan. After him are Richard Matheson, Ed Lauter, Chinua Achebe, Viktor Kulikov, Manfred Rommel, and Ovadia Yosef.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Nagisa Oshima ranks 190 out of 6,245. Before him are Emperor Kōgen (-272), Sen no Rikyū (1522), Emperor Seimu (83), Shimazu Yoshihiro (1535), Emperor Sakuramachi (1720), and Emperor Kōtoku (596). After him are Emperor Antoku (1178), Kitarō (1953), Ashikaga Takauji (1305), Tokugawa Tsunayoshi (1646), Mitsuru Ushijima (1887), and Nogi Maresuke (1849).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Japan

Among film directors born in Japan, Nagisa Oshima ranks 9. Before him are Yasujirō Ozu (1903), Isao Takahata (1935), Takeshi Kitano (1947), Kenji Mizoguchi (1898), Shohei Imamura (1926), and Masaki Kobayashi (1916). After him are Hirokazu Kore-eda (1962), Hideaki Anno (1960), Franklin J. Schaffner (1920), Makoto Shinkai (1973), Mamoru Oshii (1951), and Satoshi Kon (1963).

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Filmography

Hitokowa 3: The Killing Hour
Director
This 3rd installment of Kazuto Kodama’s horror series delves into the dark side of love, exposing the bizarre cruelties of excessive affection from a psychopath.
Dec 6o 20135.7 / 10
Danganronpa The Stage ~Kibō no Gakuen to Zetsubō no Kōkōsei~
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Theatrical play based on the Danganronpa video game as performed at Nippon Seinenkan on October 30, 2014.
Mar 12o 20159 / 10
Kabukicho High School
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May 3o 20140 / 10