Nagisa Ōshima Movies

  • 1967
    Band of Ninja

    Band of Ninja

    Band of Ninja

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    The son of an assassinated feudal lord, in the Muromachi period, attempts to avenge his father's death and meets Kagemaru, a renegade ninja helping...

    Band of Ninja
  • 1970
    The Man Who Left His Will on Film

    The Man Who Left His Will on Film

    The Man Who Left His Will on Film

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    When a man chases down his stolen movie camera, the thief commits suicide by jumping off a building. But after the police take the camera as...

    The Man Who Left His Will on Film
  • 1983
    The Man Who Left His Soul on Film

    The Man Who Left His Soul on Film

    The Man Who Left His Soul on Film

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    Documentary about Nagisa Oshima. It includes interviews with Oshima, Donald Richie, Roger Pulvers and Paul Mayersberg

    The Man Who Left His Soul on Film
  • 1985
    The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima

    The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima

    The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima

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    A BBC television documentary on the life of Yukio Mishima that highlights the many known major aspects of his life and personality.

    The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima
  • 1978
    Cinématon

    Cinématon

    Cinématon

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    Cinématon is a 156-hour long experimental film by French director Gérard Courant. It was the longest film ever released until 2011....

    Cinématon
  • 1969
    Mao Tse-Tung and the Cultural Revolution

    Mao Tse-Tung and the Cultural Revolution

    Mao Tse-Tung and the Cultural Revolution

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    Nagisa Oshima's documentary details the rise of Chairman Mao during the revolution and shows the Communist Party's struggle and cultural upheaval....

    Mao Tse-Tung and the Cultural Revolution
  • 1959
    Donto ikōze

    Donto ikōze

    Donto ikōze

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    Comedy about the trials and tribulations of youth.

    Donto ikōze
  • 1962
    The Christian Revolt

    The Christian Revolt

    The Christian Revolt

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    In Tokugawa-era (1637) Shimabara, oppressed peasant Christians revolt against the shogunate with the aid of charismatic Christian rebel leader Shiro...

    The Christian Revolt
  • 1993
    Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema

    Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema

    Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema

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    Nagisa Oshima interviews Akira Kurosawa, leading him to share his thoughts about filmmaking, his life and works, and numerous anecdotes relating to...

    Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema
  • 1995
    BeRLiN

    BeRLiN

    BeRLiN

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    When a woman whose job is to professionally date men disappears suddenly, a TV crew who wanted to film a documentary about women like her begin...

    BeRLiN
  • 2002
    Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions

    Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions

    Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions

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    Devotion investigates the extremely complex and heirarchical relationships among a committed group of Japanese filmmakers who dedicated up to 30...

    Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions
  • 1972
    Dear Summer Sister

    Dear Summer Sister

    Dear Summer Sister

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    14-year-old Sunaoko travels from Tokyo to Naha, Okinawa, with her father’s young fiancée Momoko in search of her half-brother whom she...

    Dear Summer Sister
  • 1968
    Three Resurrected Drunkards

    Three Resurrected Drunkards

    Three Resurrected Drunkards

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    Three students spend their holidays at the seaside where they are mistaken for Koreans, a minority which is looked down on in Japan. The action...

    Three Resurrected Drunkards
  • 1968
    The Greater East Asian War

    The Greater East Asian War

    The Greater East Asian War

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    The Greater East Asian War
  • 1959
    Street of Love and Hope

    Street of Love and Hope

    Street of Love and Hope

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    The lives of a teenager, his impoverished family, a wealthy young woman who buys a pigeon from him, and his caring teacher converge and consequently...

    Street of Love and Hope
  • 1983
    The Oshima Gang

    The Oshima Gang

    The Oshima Gang

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    Documentary about the making of Nagisa Oshima's 1983 film MERRY CHRISTMAS MR. LAWRENCE.

    The Oshima Gang
  • 1963
    The Forgotten Imperial Army

    The Forgotten Imperial Army

    The Forgotten Imperial Army

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    This documentary examines the plight of Korean veterans who were conscripted into the Japanese imperial army during World War II and later left...

    The Forgotten Imperial Army
  • 1997
    Level Five

    Level Five

    Level Five

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    Laura, a French programmer, inherits the task of creating a game about the World War II Battle of Okinawa. Her research and interviews with Japanese...

    Level Five
  • 1995
    100 Years of Japanese Cinema

    100 Years of Japanese Cinema

    100 Years of Japanese Cinema

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    The story of the first century of Japanese cinema from the point of view of the controversial Japanese filmmaker Nagisa Ōshima.

    100 Years of Japanese Cinema
  • 2006
    What's a Director?

    What's a Director?

    What's a Director?

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    Works commemorating the 70th anniversary of the founding of Japan mapping Supervision Association

    What's a Director?