Cast: Nagisa Ôshima

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Nagisa Ôshima. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


6.9

91 votes

Level Five

1997 · Movie · 104 min. · France

Direction Chris Marker

Cast Catherine Belkhodja · Kenji Tokitsu · Nagisa Ôshima · Ju'nishi Ushiyama

Synopsis The French computer programmer Laura inherits the task of making a computer game of the Battle of Okinawa in Japan during World War 2. She searches the Internet for information on the battle, and interviews Japanese experts and witnesses. The...

6.5

410 votes

6.5

410 votes

100 Years of Japanese Cinema (TV)

1995 · Documentary · 51 min. · Japan

Direction Nagisa Ôshima

Cast Nagisa Ôshima

Synopsis If Godard’s history of French cinema for the British Film Institute’s “Century of Cinema” series was predictably polemical, Oshima’s goes it one better by producing a history of Japanese film that is outright perverse in its seeming disdain for many...

4.8

85 votes

4.8

85 votes

What's a Director?

2006 · Documentary · 88 min. · Japan

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Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema

1993 · Documentary · 120 min. · Japan

Direction Nagisa Ôshima

Cast Akira Kurosawa · Nagisa Ôshima

Synopsis Akira Kurosawa looks back to his life and his career, talking about his films.

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Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions

2000 · Documentary · 82 min. · Japan

Direction Barbara Hammer

Cast Chiho Fuseya · Hiroo Fuseya · Yukimo Fuseya · Sumiko Haneda

Synopsis Devotion investigates the extremely complex and heirarchical relationships among a committed group of Japanese filmmakers who dedicated up to 30 years of their lives making films for one man-Ogawa Shinsuke. Members of Ogawa Pro filmed the student movement of the...

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