Japanese director and screenwriter (born 1932)

Nagisa Oshima

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.

Born

1932

March 31

Died

2013

Era

1930s

Country

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Nagisa, in brief

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2013 Died

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