Nagisa Ōshima

Screen icon Charlotte Rampling has fascinated the world of cinema, fashion and photography with her mysterious and almost inaccessible beauty. A major figure in genre and auteur films, she is unclassifiable: between presence and absence, shyness and audacity, she's always hypnotic, magnetic and fascinating. From her film debut in the mid-1960s in England, to her unconventional career path, through the tragic loss suicide of her older sister that will irremediably mark her acting, this film is a dive into the existential quest of a complex actress, whose every facet is discovered through her roles. Through a conversation with the actress herself, along with personal archives and extracts from her films, this documentary raws a dazzling portrait of her life and career.

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

First major English-language documentary profile of the cult Japanese actor/director, Takeshi Kitano. Featuring interviews with many of his regular contributors and colleagues, the film explores Kitano's rise from working-class poverty to superstar of Japanese radio, TV, comedy and journalism, and follows the making of his US-Japanese gangster film, 'Brother'.

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 late 60's; the fight by farmers to save their land from government confiscaton for the Narita airport at Sanrizuka; and the village life of a small farming community, Magino Village, in northern Japan. These heartbreaking and sometimes funny stories have never been told on film before. Rare footage, stills, and diaries with interviews with Oshima Nagisa, Hara Kazuo and Robert Kramer make this historical inquiry visually exciting as well as valuable.

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.

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.

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 extraordinary circumstances of the Battle of Okinawa lead Laura to reflect deeply on her own life and humanity in general, particularly the influence of history and memories.

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

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

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

Nagisa Oshima interviews Akira Kurosawa, leading him to share his thoughts about filmmaking, his life and works, and numerous anecdotes relating to his films and his various film activities.

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.

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.

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.

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

The wife of a British diplomat in Paris takes a chimpanzee as her lover.

The wife of a British diplomat in Paris takes a chimpanzee as her lover.

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

Documentary about the making of Nagisa Oshima's 1983 film MERRY CHRISTMAS MR. LAWRENCE.

David Bowie incorpora o major Celliers, um oficial britânico mantido pelos japoneses como prisioneiro de guerra. O comandante está obcecado com o misterioso loiro estranho, enquanto o tenente-coronel britânico Lawrence tenta superar as diferenças emocionais e linguísticas entre ele e seu captor.

David Bowie incorpora o major Celliers, um oficial britânico mantido pelos japoneses como prisioneiro de guerra. O comandante está obcecado com o misterioso loiro estranho, enquanto o tenente-coronel britânico Lawrence tenta superar as diferenças emocionais e linguísticas entre ele e seu captor.

documentary about Nagisa Oshima It includes interviews with Oshima, Donald Richie, Roger Pulvers and Paul Mayersberg

A Visit to Ogawa Productions offers a rare insight into the social and cinematic philosophy of one of Japan's best-known documentary film collectives. As the film reveals, Ogawa Productions' in-depth portraits of Japanese society - whether of protest movements or traditional agricultural life - grew out of an unusual commitment to integrate themselves with the communities they filmed, to the extent that their film-making literally became an alternative lifestyle.

Cinématon is a 156-hour long experimental film by French director Gérard Courant. It was the longest film ever released until 2011. Composed over 36 years from 1978 until 2006, it consists of a series of over 2,821 silent vignettes (cinématons), each 3 minutes and 25 seconds long, of various celebrities, artists, journalists and friends of the director, each doing whatever they want for the allotted time. Subjects of the film include directors Barbet Schroeder, Nagisa Oshima, Volker Schlöndorff, Ken Loach, Benjamin Cuq, Youssef Chahine, Wim Wenders, Joseph Losey, Jean-Luc Godard, Samuel Fuller and Terry Gilliam, chess grandmaster Joël Lautier, and actors Roberto Benigni, Stéphane Audran, Julie Delpy and Lesley Chatterley. Gilliam is featured eating a 100-franc note, while Fuller smokes a cigar. Courant's favourite subject was a 7-month-old baby. The film was screened in its then-entirety in Avignon in November 2009 and was screened in Redondo Beach, CA on April 9, 2010.

Em uma aldeia japonesa por volta de 1895, Seki decide assassinar seu marido com a ajuda do jovem amante Toyoji. Eles estrangulam Gisaburo, se livram do corpo e mantêm o romance em segredo, para evitar suspeitas. Tempos depois, no entanto, as fofocas surgem, um inquérito é aberto e o fantasma do marido surge para assombrá-los.

Em uma aldeia japonesa por volta de 1895, Seki decide assassinar seu marido com a ajuda do jovem amante Toyoji. Eles estrangulam Gisaburo, se livram do corpo e mantêm o romance em segredo, para evitar suspeitas. Tempos depois, no entanto, as fofocas surgem, um inquérito é aberto e o fantasma do marido surge para assombrá-los.

A police investigator cracks down on yakuza business, but once he realizes the police are in negotiations with certain factions, he sides with his own syndicate of choice.

A história que é ambientada em 1936 é sobre uma ex-prostituta que envolve-se em um caso de amor obsessivo com o chefe de uma propriedade onde ela é contratada como empregada. O que começa como uma diversão inconseqüente transforma-se em uma paixão que ultrapassa todos os limites. Inspirado em um caso real, mostra a história de um amor total, onde dois amantes vivem uma paixão absoluta, uma busca incessante pelo prazer, onde os seus desejos se confundem quando eles são envolvidos em uma delicada e sensual atmosfera.

A história que é ambientada em 1936 é sobre uma ex-prostituta que envolve-se em um caso de amor obsessivo com o chefe de uma propriedade onde ela é contratada como empregada. O que começa como uma diversão inconseqüente transforma-se em uma paixão que ultrapassa todos os limites. Inspirado em um caso real, mostra a história de um amor total, onde dois amantes vivem uma paixão absoluta, uma busca incessante pelo prazer, onde os seus desejos se confundem quando eles são envolvidos em uma delicada e sensual atmosfera.

Documentary about the politician Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

Documentary about the politician Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

Sunaoko come to Okinawa to find his brother Tsuruo. Her searching is not very painless because it tears up old wounds in complicated relationships, some of which date back to the horrors of war.

Sunaoko come to Okinawa to find his brother Tsuruo. Her searching is not very painless because it tears up old wounds in complicated relationships, some of which date back to the horrors of war.

The program investigates the secrets behind the success of Japan’s most famous baseball team, the Tokyo Yomiuri Kyojin-gun, affectionately known as the Giants. An interview with Kawakami, the coach at the time, retraces the glorious history of this team, which was Japan’s baseball champion for seven consecutive years, until 1971.

"Goze" drawn by painter Shinichi Saito. One of the few remaining blind women in the snowy Niigata region, a traveling entertainer who played the shamisen and sang, visited villages and left a record of living on the mercy of others.

Masuo e Ritsuko, meio-irmãos que viveram na casa do avô poderoso e que agora já passam da juventude, estão de regresso pois receberam um telegrama com notícia nada auspiciosa. No caminho de volta, Masuo relembra sua vida permeada de perdas e uma cerimônia de casamento surreal. Nagisa Oshima narra em tons próximos de autobiografia a queda de uma tradicional família japonesa cheia de excessos e desenganos.

Masuo e Ritsuko, meio-irmãos que viveram na casa do avô poderoso e que agora já passam da juventude, estão de regresso pois receberam um telegrama com notícia nada auspiciosa. No caminho de volta, Masuo relembra sua vida permeada de perdas e uma cerimônia de casamento surreal. Nagisa Oshima narra em tons próximos de autobiografia a queda de uma tradicional família japonesa cheia de excessos e desenganos.

Enquanto tenta recuperar a sua câmera, confiscada pela policia durante as filmagens de uma manifestação estudantil, um jovem testemunha o suicidio de um amigo, que deixa um filme inacabado como testamento. Junto com a amante abandonada pelo companheiro morto, tenta acompanhar os seus últimos paradeiros, mas apenas se perdem no cenário quotidiano, começando a refilmar as mesmas paisagens, tentando penetrar na personalidade do amigo desaparecido, de maneira a compreender o significado do filme-testamento, e por conseguinte, da sua própria morte.

Enquanto tenta recuperar a sua câmera, confiscada pela policia durante as filmagens de uma manifestação estudantil, um jovem testemunha o suicidio de um amigo, que deixa um filme inacabado como testamento. Junto com a amante abandonada pelo companheiro morto, tenta acompanhar os seus últimos paradeiros, mas apenas se perdem no cenário quotidiano, começando a refilmar as mesmas paisagens, tentando penetrar na personalidade do amigo desaparecido, de maneira a compreender o significado do filme-testamento, e por conseguinte, da sua própria morte.

O filme é inspirado em um caso real. No outono de 1966, um casal com dois garotos praticou várias vezes uma vigarice que consistia, primeiro para a mãe e depois para o filho mais velho, em atirar-se contra automóveis, simular atropelamento e contusões e, assim, extorquir dinheiro dos automobilistas, ameaçando-os com queixa à polícia.

Nagisa Oshima's documentary details the rise of Chairman Mao during the revolution and shows the Communist Party's struggle and cultural upheaval. Made in 1969 for NTV station, this TV documentary also questions Mao's dictator tendency during the cultural revolution.

This is the story of a bookstore thief named Birdy, who is led through various adventures in Tokyo's Shinjuku district by salesgirl Umeko.

This is the story of a bookstore thief named Birdy, who is led through various adventures in Tokyo's Shinjuku district by salesgirl Umeko.

Bored by the emptiness of everyday life, four students gather to play dangerous games in an apartment.

This is the story of a bookstore thief named Birdy, who is led through various adventures in Tokyo's Shinjuku district by salesgirl Umeko.

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.

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.

A Korean man is sentenced to death in Japan but survives his execution, sending the authorities into a panic about what to do next.

A Korean man is sentenced to death in Japan but survives his execution, sending the authorities into a panic about what to do next.

A Korean man is sentenced to death in Japan but survives his execution, sending the authorities into a panic about what to do next.

A Korean man is sentenced to death in Japan but survives his execution, sending the authorities into a panic about what to do next.

A sex-obsessed young woman, a suicidal young man she meets on the street, a gun-crazy wannabe gangster—these are just three of the irrational, oddball anarchists trapped in an underground hideaway in Oshima’s devilish, absurdist portrait of what he deemed the “death drive” in Japanese youth culture.

A sex-obsessed young woman, a suicidal young man she meets on the street, a gun-crazy wannabe gangster—these are just three of the irrational, oddball anarchists trapped in an underground hideaway in Oshima’s devilish, absurdist portrait of what he deemed the “death drive” in Japanese youth culture.

Four sexually hungry high school students preparing for their university entrance exams meet up with an inebriated teacher singing bawdy drinking songs. This encounter sets them on a less than academic path.

Four sexually hungry high school students preparing for their university entrance exams meet up with an inebriated teacher singing bawdy drinking songs. This encounter sets them on a less than academic path.

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 to sound.

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 to sound.

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 to sound.

Two young women must come to terms with the fact that a man they're deeply linked to is a murdering rapist.

This ethereal montage of still images with darkly somber undertones, Yunbogi’s Diary is based on photographs that Oshima took during his two-month research trip to South Korea in 1965 during which he was haunted by his encounters with impoverished street children in Seoul. The voice-over comprises diary entries from a six-year-old Korean boy and Oshima’s own reflections on Japanese-Korean relations, a controversial subject that he revisited in his later films Sing a Song of Sex and Death by Hanging.

This ethereal montage of still images with darkly somber undertones, Yunbogi’s Diary is based on photographs that Oshima took during his two-month research trip to South Korea in 1965 during which he was haunted by his encounters with impoverished street children in Seoul. The voice-over comprises diary entries from a six-year-old Korean boy and Oshima’s own reflections on Japanese-Korean relations, a controversial subject that he revisited in his later films Sing a Song of Sex and Death by Hanging.

This ethereal montage of still images with darkly somber undertones, Yunbogi’s Diary is based on photographs that Oshima took during his two-month research trip to South Korea in 1965 during which he was haunted by his encounters with impoverished street children in Seoul. The voice-over comprises diary entries from a six-year-old Korean boy and Oshima’s own reflections on Japanese-Korean relations, a controversial subject that he revisited in his later films Sing a Song of Sex and Death by Hanging.

A corrupt businessman blackmails the lovelorn reprobate Atsushi into watching over his suitcase full of embezzled cash while he serves a jail sentence. Rather than wait for the man to retrieve his money, however, Atsushi decides to spend it all in one libidinous rush—fully expecting to be tracked down and killed.

A corrupt businessman blackmails the lovelorn reprobate Atsushi into watching over his suitcase full of embezzled cash while he serves a jail sentence. Rather than wait for the man to retrieve his money, however, Atsushi decides to spend it all in one libidinous rush—fully expecting to be tracked down and killed.

A chronicle of the eight-year battle against the construction of the Matsubara dam at Ogunimachi Shimouke, Asogun, district of Kumamoto. Tomoyuki Murahara constructs the “beehive fortress,” the point of reference for the protest movement opposing the decision to expropriate land.

A chronicle of the eight-year battle against the construction of the Matsubara dam at Ogunimachi Shimouke, Asogun, district of Kumamoto. Tomoyuki Murahara constructs the “beehive fortress,” the point of reference for the protest movement opposing the decision to expropriate land.

A promotional film for the automobile manufacturer Isuzu Jidosha directed by Nagisa Ôshima - an anthology of three stories.

A promotional film for the automobile manufacturer Isuzu Jidosha directed by Nagisa Ôshima - an anthology of three stories.

Oshima exposes the fact that many wounded soldiers cannot receive compensation from the Japanese government because of their Korean nationality, while questioning if this is a just way for the Japanese to act. The documentary uses TV to problematize the apathy of the Japanese people. According to Oshima’s 'The Idea of Evil and Cruelty' and Sato Tadao’s 'History of Japanese Documentary Film', the actual situation was much more serious and harsher than the documentary depicts.

Oshima exposes the fact that many wounded soldiers cannot receive compensation from the Japanese government because of their Korean nationality, while questioning if this is a just way for the Japanese to act. The documentary uses TV to problematize the apathy of the Japanese people. According to Oshima’s 'The Idea of Evil and Cruelty' and Sato Tadao’s 'History of Japanese Documentary Film', the actual situation was much more serious and harsher than the documentary depicts.

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

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

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.”

Nagisa Oshima’s most personal film is a reflection by the director on his own disillusionment with the revolutionary student movement of the 1950s and the failure of political radicalism. Taking its title (as a reference or homage) from Alain Resnais’ pivotal 1956 documentary Nuit et Brouillard, the film has a group of former student revolutionaries who meet again years later at the wedding of one of their classmates. Old feelings, rivalries and grudges gradually erupt to the surface as the one-time friends recall the various treacheries by which their cause was defeated. Cutting between times past and the present, and unfolding the action from each of his characters viewpoints, Oshima creates an abstract and yet engrossing study of passions past and principles eroded. —Yume Pictures

Nagisa Oshima’s most personal film is a reflection by the director on his own disillusionment with the revolutionary student movement of the 1950s and the failure of political radicalism. Taking its title (as a reference or homage) from Alain Resnais’ pivotal 1956 documentary Nuit et Brouillard, the film has a group of former student revolutionaries who meet again years later at the wedding of one of their classmates. Old feelings, rivalries and grudges gradually erupt to the surface as the one-time friends recall the various treacheries by which their cause was defeated. Cutting between times past and the present, and unfolding the action from each of his characters viewpoints, Oshima creates an abstract and yet engrossing study of passions past and principles eroded. —Yume Pictures

É uma história da violência que aborda a delinquência juvenil nas ruas mais marginais de um bairro pobre de Tóquio. O grupo vai diminuindo devido a suicídios, assassinatos, guerrilha entre gangues e acidentes ocorridos quando do seu envolvimento em fogo oposto e tiroteios. Atormentados por problemas de álcool, comércio de sangue humano e drogas, os membros do grupo entram numa viagem sem retorno de desespero e de morte certa.

É uma história da violência que aborda a delinquência juvenil nas ruas mais marginais de um bairro pobre de Tóquio. O grupo vai diminuindo devido a suicídios, assassinatos, guerrilha entre gangues e acidentes ocorridos quando do seu envolvimento em fogo oposto e tiroteios. Atormentados por problemas de álcool, comércio de sangue humano e drogas, os membros do grupo entram numa viagem sem retorno de desespero e de morte certa.

Um jovem severo seduz uma jovem parasita e, eventualmente, tira proveito do seu talento para apanhar boleia e roubar homens da classe média

Um jovem severo seduz uma jovem parasita e, eventualmente, tira proveito do seu talento para apanhar boleia e roubar homens da classe média

Masao mora com a mãe doente e a irmã pequena na periferia de Tóquio. A mãe é engraxate e não quer que Masao trabalhe para se concentrar nos estudos, única forma de sairem dali e terem uma vida digna. Mas a família passa momentos de penúria e ajudado por uma garota rica e por sua professora, Masao tenta emprego na indústria de televisores. No Japão, porém, a integridade moral da pessoa é pré-requisito e Masao dará margens a que todos duvidem dele. Primeiro filme de Nagisa Oshima.

Masao mora com a mãe doente e a irmã pequena na periferia de Tóquio. A mãe é engraxate e não quer que Masao trabalhe para se concentrar nos estudos, única forma de sairem dali e terem uma vida digna. Mas a família passa momentos de penúria e ajudado por uma garota rica e por sua professora, Masao tenta emprego na indústria de televisores. No Japão, porém, a integridade moral da pessoa é pré-requisito e Masao dará margens a que todos duvidem dele. Primeiro filme de Nagisa Oshima.

Comedy about the trials and tribulations of youth.

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 time.

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 time.