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Nagisa Ōshima

Japanese film director and screenwriter (1932–2013)

8.36body-of-work score · ranked #113 of 2631 directors · 13 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
March 31, 1932 · Kyoto
Died
January 15, 2013 · Fujisawa
Nationality
Japan
Work
screenwriter, film director, film producer, film editor
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Nagisa Ōshima
Rita Molnár · CC BY-SA 2.5

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

  1. 1
    Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

    1983 · United Kingdom / Japan / New Zealand · drama

    Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 1983 #3 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 1983 #3 · Kurosawa's 100 favorite films

    1.344 citations
  2. 2
    Death by Hanging絞死刑

    1968 · Japan · drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 1968 #3 · Scorsese's 39 essential foreign films · Criterion Collection spine #798

    1.004 citations
  3. 3
    The Ceremony儀式

    1971 · Japan · drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 1971 #1

    1.001 citation
  4. 4
    Taboo御法度

    1999 · Japan · drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 2000 #3 · Film Comment year-end poll 2000 #14 · Hoberman's annual top 10 2000 #6

    0.933 citations
  5. 5
    In the Realm of the Senses愛のコリーダ

    1976 · France / Japan · drama, romance, thriller

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1976 #8 · Siskel's annual top 10 1977 #3 · Criterion Collection spine #466

    0.844 citations
  6. 6
    Empire of Passion愛の亡霊

    1978 · France / Japan · drama, horror

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 1978 #3 · Criterion Collection spine #467

    0.662 citations
  7. 7
    Boy少年

    1969 · Japan · drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 1969 #3 · Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.612 citations
  8. 8
    Night and Fog in Japan日本の夜と霧

    1960 · Japan · drama

    Hoberman's annual top 10 1983 #2 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 1960 #10

    0.602 citations
  9. 9
    Diary of a Shinjuku Thief新宿泥棒日記

    1968 · Japan · drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 1969 #8

    0.321 citation
  10. 10
    The Catch飼育

    1961 · Japan · drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 1961 #9

    0.301 citation
  11. 11
    Violence at Noon白昼の通り魔

    1966 · Japan · drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 1966 #9

    0.301 citation
  12. 12
    Band of Ninja忍者武芸帳

    1967 · Japan · drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 1967 #10

    0.291 citation
  13. 13
    Cruel Story of Youth青春残酷物語

    1960 · Japan · drama

    Criterion Collection spine #1321

    0.161 citation

Complete filmography

All 34 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.