Movies by Nagisa Ōshima
Welcome to our dedicated selection of films directed by Nagisa Ōshima. Here, you can explore a diverse range of works that highlight Nagisa Ōshima’s unique vision, storytelling style, and contribution to the world of cinema. Whether you’re an avid fan or discovering Nagisa ōshima’s filmography for the first time, this collection will guide you through critically acclaimed masterpieces, hidden gems, and influential titles that have shaped the director’s legacy.
Taboo (1999)
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Set during Japan's Shogun era, this film looks at life in a samurai compound where young warriors are trained in swordfighting. A number of interpersonal conflicts are brewing in the training room, all centering around a handsome young samurai named Sozaburo Kano. The school's stern master can choose to intervene, or to let Kano decide his own path.
Max My Love (1986)
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The wife of a British diplomat in Paris takes a chimpanzee as her lover.
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)
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Island of Java, 1942, during World War II. British Major Jack Celliers arrives at a Japanese prison camp, run by the strict Captain Yonoi. Colonel John Lawrence, who has a profound knowledge of Japanese culture, and Sergeant Hara, brutal and simpleton, will witness the struggle of wills between two men from very different backgrounds who are tragically destined to clash.
Empire of Passion (1978)
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In a small Japanese village at the end of the 19th century, a rickshaw driver's wife takes on a much younger lover and the two conspire to murder him.
In the Realm of the Senses (1976)
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A passionate telling of the story of Sada Abe, a woman whose affair with her master led to an obsessive and ultimately destructive sexual relationship.
Boy (1969)
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A family of four lives off of scams in which they pretend to be injured by automobiles.
Death by Hanging (1968)
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A Korean man is sentenced to death in Japan but somehow survives his execution, sending the authorities into a panic about what to do next.
Three Resurrected Drunkards (1968)
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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 develops into a crime story.
Japanese Summer: Double Suicide (1967)
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A sex-obsessed woman, a suicidal man she meets on the street, and a gun-crazy wannabe gangster become trapped in an underground hideaway.
Pleasures of the Flesh (1965)
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A corrupt businessman blackmails the lovelorn reprobate Atsushi into watching over his suitcase full of embezzled cash while he serves a jail sentence.
The Catch (1961)
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Towards the end of the Second World War, a downed U.S. pilot is captured and imprisoned by rural Japanese villagers, who await official instructions as to how to proceed with their “catch.”
Cruel Story of Youth (1960)
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A budding gangster enthralls a freeloading young woman, soon taking advantage of her knack for hitch-hiking to rob middle-class, middle-aged men.
Night and Fog in Japan (1960)
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Uninvited guests crash a former student radical's wedding and accuse him, his bride and other guests of ignoring their political commitments.
The Sun's Burial (1960)
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In Osaka's slum, youths without futures engage in pilfering, assault and robbery, prostitution, and the buying and selling of identity cards and of blood. Alliances constantly shift. Tatsu and Takeshi, friends since boyhood, reluctantly join Shin's gang. Shin's an upstart and moves his gang often to avoid the local kingpin. Hanoko is a young woman with ambitions: first she's in the blood business with her father, then she joins forces with Shin. She soon breaks off that partnership, even though she's taken the sensitive Takeshi under her wing. Double crosses multiply. Those with the closest bonds become each others' murderers.