Nagisa Oshima was the originator and most famous director of the Japanese New Wave. His controversial films are frequently difficult, highly intellectual, and darkly funny; they revolutionized Japanese cinema by infusing it with sex and with biting ... Read Full Biography
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100 Years of Japanese Cinema
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Band of Ninja
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A Town of Love and Hope (Ai to kibo no machi)
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Dear Summer Sister
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Diary of a Shinjuku Thief
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Empire of Passion (Ai no borei)
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Japanese Summer: Double Suicide (Muri shinju: Nihon no natsu)
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Night and Fog in Japan
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Pleasures of the Flesh (Etsuraku)
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Sing a Song of Sex (Nihon shunka-ko)
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The Catch
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The Revolutionary (Amakusa Shiro Tokisada)
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Three Resurrected Drunkards (Kaette kita yopparai)
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Violence at Noon (Hakuchu no torima)
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The Man Who Left His Will on Film
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The Sun's Burial
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Death by Hanging
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Taboo
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Cruel Story of Youth
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The Ceremony
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Level Five
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Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
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Music for the Movies: Toru Takemitsu
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Kyoto, My Mother's Place
| Year | Award | Category | Movie | Result |
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| 1978 | Cannes Film Festival | Best Director | Empire of Passion (Ai no borei) | Won |
| 1972 | Venice International Film Festival | Film Presented | Dear Summer Sister | Nominated |
| 1969 | Venice International Film Festival | Film Presented | Boy | Nominated |
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