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Nagisa Ōshima has 5 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1960s through the 1990s.
1969
Drama
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.
Dir. Nagisa Ōshima · With Yun Yun-Do, Kei Satō, Fumio Watanabe
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.
Dir. Nagisa Ōshima · With David Bowie, Tom Conti, Ryuichi Sakamoto
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.
Dir. Nagisa Ōshima · With Takahiro Tamura, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Tatsuya Fuji
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.
Dir. Nagisa Ōshima · With Takeshi Kitano, Ryuhei Matsuda, Tadanobu Asano
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.
Dir. Nagisa Ōshima · With Eiko Matsuda, Tatsuya Fuji, Aoi Nakajima
