Nagisa Ōshima Movies

Screen icon Charlotte Rampling has fascinated the world of cinema, fashion and photography with her mysterious and almost inaccessible beauty. A...

Comedy about the trials and tribulations of youth.

The story of the first century of Japanese cinema from the point of view of the controversial Japanese filmmaker Nagisa Ōshima.

In the year 1637 in Shimabara of Tokugawa-era Japan, oppressed peasant Christians revolt against the shogunate with the aid of a charismatic...

A family of four lives off of scams in which they pretend to be injured by automobiles.

A young boy joins a band of ninja during a peasant uprising, all depicted through an experimental form of filming pages from the original manga set...

This ethereal montage of still images with darkly somber undertones, Yunbogi’s Diary is based on photographs that Oshima took during his...

A metaphysical mystery involving a university student's camera getting stolen, and the thief then committing suicide.

Laura, a French programmer, inherits the task of creating a game about the World War II Battle of Okinawa. Her research and interviews with Japanese...

A BBC television documentary on the life of Yukio Mishima that highlights the many known major aspects of his life and personality.

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...

Works commemorating the 70th anniversary of the founding of Japan mapping Supervision Association

A playful short film made in the style of a trailer for a fictional feature film that seems to be a spoof of films that were popular in Japan at the...

Documentary featuring Nagisa Ōshima and Masuaki Kiyota, a Uri Geller-esque psychic medium

Oshima exposes the fact that many wounded soldiers cannot receive compensation from the Japanese government because of their Korean nationality,...

Story of Kyoto: its history, culture, as well as the role it has played in the director's life and the life of his mother.

First major English-language documentary profile of the cult Japanese actor/director, Takeshi Kitano. Featuring interviews with many of his regular...

Nagisa Oshima's documentary details the rise of Chairman Mao during the revolution and shows the Communist Party's struggle and cultural upheaval....

A Visit to Ogawa Productions offers a rare insight into the social and cinematic philosophy of one of Japan's best-known documentary film...

The Dawn of Asia (アジアの曙) is a TV drama consisting of thirteen episodes about the trans-China/Japan collaboration...