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Nagisa Oshima  

One of the twelve greatest living narrative filmmakers - Jonathan Rosenbaum ("Placing Movies: The Practice of Film Criticism" - 1993)

501 Movie Directors: A Comprehensive Guide to the Greatest Filmmakers

Director / Screenwriter
1932 - 
Born March 31, Kyoto, Japan
Key Genres: Drama, Romance, War  TSPDT Rating: 7
Key Collaborators: Akiko Koyama (Leading Character Player), Keiichi Uraoka (Editor), Jusho Toda (Production Designer), Takeshi Kitano (Leading Player), Mamoru Sasaki (Screenwriter), Tomoyo Oshima (Editor), Ryuichi Sakamoto (Composer), Kei Sato (Character Player)
Recommended: Shonen (1969), The Ceremony (1971) 
Worth a Look: In the Realm of the Senses (1976), Gohatto (1999)
Links: [ IMDB ] [ All-Movie Guide ] [ Senses of Cinema: Great Directors ] [ Film Reference ] [ Strictly Film School ] [ Derek Malcolm's Century of Films: Boy (Shonen) ] [ Filmbug Profile
Books: [ Films of Oshima Nagisa: Images of a Japanese Iconoclast ] [ Cinema, Censorship, and the State: The Writings of Nagisa Oshima 1956-1978
DVD's: [ Amazon ]
1,000 Greatest Films: The Ceremony (1971), In the Realm of the Senses (1976)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

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