Nagisa Oshima (大島 渚 Ōshima Nagisa, born March 31, 1932) is a famous Japanese director. After graduating from Kyoto University he was hired by Shochiku Ltd. and quickly progressed to directing his own movies, making his debut feature A Town of Love and Hope (愛と希望の街; Ai to kibo no machi) in 1959. March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (91st in Leap years), with 275 days remaining, as the final day of March. ... 1932 is a leap year starting on a Friday. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... Kyoto University in Kyoto, Japan (京都大学 Kyōto Daigaku; abbreviated to 京大 Kyōdai) is the second oldest university of Japan and one of leading national universities having a total of roughly 22,000 students. ... Shochiku Co. ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Oshima, born in Kyoto, is most famed for his provocative 1976 film In the Realm of the Senses (Ai no korida; 愛のコリーダ), a film based on a true story of fatal sexual obsession in 1930s Japan. Oshima, a prolific critic of censorship and his contemporary Akira Kurosawa's humanism, was determined that the film should feature hardcore pornography and thus the film's undeveloped film cans had to be transported to France to be developed and an uncensored version of the movie is still unavailable in Japan. This page is about the city Kyoto. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... In the Realm of the Senses (dvd) In the Realm of the Senses (Ai no KorÄ«da, 愛のコリーダ, lit. ... // Events and trends The 1930s were described as an abrupt shift to more radical lifestyles, as countries were struggling to find a solution to the global depression. ... Akira Kurosawa (黒澤 明 Kurosawa Akira, also é»’æ²¢ 明) (March 23, 1910 – September 6, 1998) was a prominent Japanese film director, film producer, and screenwriter. ... Pornography (from Greek πορνογραφια pornographia — literally writing about or drawings of harlots) is the representation of the human body or human sexual behaviour with the goal of sexual arousal, similar to, but (according to some) distinct from, erotica. ...

In his 1978 companion film to In the Realm of the Senses, Empire of Passion (Ai no borei; 愛の亡霊), Oshima took a more restrained approach to depicting the sexual passions of the two lovers driven to murder, and the film won the 1978 Cannes Film Festival award for best director. 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... The Palais des Festivals in which the festival takes place. ...

One of Oshima's more unusual films was Band of Ninja (1967), an adaptation of the popular manga by Sampei Shirato, Ninja Bugei-cho, a 16th-century saga of oppressed peasants and deadly ninja. It is not a live-action film, or even an animated one; Oshima simply photographed close-ups of Shirato's drawings and added voices. Nevertheless, it was a modest critical and commercial success in Japan. A page from the Marmalade Boy manga, volume 1 (Japanese version) Manga (漫画) is the Japanese word for comics and/or cartoons (not necessarily animated, this includes print cartoons); outside of Japan, it usually refers specifically to Japanese comics. ... A ninja on the cover of Black Belt magazine. ...

In 1996 Oshima suffered a stroke, but he returned to directing in 1999 with the period piece Taboo (Gohatto), featuring music by Ryuichi Sakamoto who also co-starred in Oshima's 1983 movie Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence. 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) is a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Taboo aka Gohatto (1999) is a Japanese film directed by Nagisa Oshima. ... Ryuichi Sakamoto at his New York City studio September 2003 Ryuichi Sakamoto (坂本 龍一 Sakamoto Ryūichi, born January 17, 1952, Nakano, Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese musician, composer, producer and actor. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Merry Christmas, Mr. ...

Filmography

• A Town of Love and Hope (1959)
• Cruel Story of Youth (1960)
• Night and Fog in Japan (1960)
• The Catch (1961)
• Shiro Tokisawa (1962)
• Death By Hanging
• Boy
• The Ceremony
• In the Realm of the Senses (1976)
• Empire of Passion (1978)
• Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983) - based in part on the war experiences of Laurens van der Post.
• Max, Mon Amour (1986)
• Taboo (1999)

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External links

• Profile at Japan Zone
• Senses of Cinema: Great Directors Critical Database