Nagisa Oshima

Birthday: March 31, 2032

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 social and political commentary. Born on March 31, 1932, in Kyoto, Oshima was the son of a civil servant of samurai descent. After his father ...more