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    The Ceremony 1971 POSTER

    The Ceremony

    1971

    Japanese

    7.2

    3

    79%

    79%

    Action

    Comedy

    Drama

    dying traditions

    dysfunctional family

    japanese family

    patriarchy

    post war japan

    romantic rivalry

    Nagisa Ôshima Nagisa Ôshima Director Kei Satô Kei Satô as Sakurada Kazuomi, Grandfather Kenzô Kawarasaki Kenzô Kawarasaki as Sakurada Masuo Nobuko Otowa Nobuko Otowa as Sakurada Shizu Atsuo Nakamura Atsuo Nakamura as Tachibana Terumichi
    Oshima’s magisterial epic, centering on the ambivalent surviving heir of the Sakurada clan, uses ritual and the microcosm of the traditional family to trace the rise and fall of militaristic Japan across several decades.
    Boy 1969 POSTER

    Boy

    1969

    Japanese

    7.4

    8

    100%

    90%

    Action

    child abuse

    child endangerment

    cons and scams

    Drama

    dysfunctional family

    faked accidents

    family travels

    Nagisa Ôshima Nagisa Ôshima Director Akiko Koyama Akiko Koyama as Takeko Taniguchi Fumio Watanabe Fumio Watanabe as Takeo Omura Toshi Amatsu Toshi Amatsu as Toshio Omura Do-yun Yu Do-yun Yu as Victim driver
    A family of four lives off of scams in which they pretend to be injured by automobiles.
    Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence 1983 POSTER

    Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence

    1983

    Japanese

    7.2

    17

    Action

    based on novel or book

    christmas movie alternative

    Drama

    pacific war

    prisoner of war

    War

    war crimes

    world war ii

    Nagisa Ôshima Nagisa Ôshima Director Daisuke Iijima Daisuke Iijima as Corporal Ueki Takeshi Kitano Takeshi Kitano as Hara Masanori Okada Masanori Okada as Japanese Soldier Hiroshi Mikami Hiroshi Mikami as Japanese Soldier
    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.
    Empire of Passion 1978 POSTER

    Empire of Passion

    1978

    Japanese

    7.0

    15

    80%

    70%

    Action

    based on novel or book

    Drama

    Horror

    husband wife relationship

    regret

    relationship problems

    Romance

    sexual obsession

    suspicion of murder

    Nagisa Ôshima Nagisa Ôshima Director Kenzô Kawarasaki Kenzô Kawarasaki as (as Kenzo Kawarazaki) Hiroko Isayama Hiroko Isayama as Bride Takahiro Tamura Takahiro Tamura as Gisaburo Takuzô Kawatani Takuzô Kawatani as Inspector Hotta
    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.
    Max My Love 1986 POSTER

    Max My Love

    1986

    French

    6.0

    4

    22%

    55%

    Action

    Comedy

    Nagisa Ôshima Nagisa Ôshima Director Diana Quick Diana Quick as Camille Charlotte Rampling Charlotte Rampling as Margaret Jones Fabrice Luchini Fabrice Luchini as Nicolas Anthony Higgins Anthony Higgins as Peter Jones
    The wife of a British diplomat in Paris takes a chimpanzee as her lover.
    The Pleasures of the Flesh 1965 POSTER

    The Pleasures of the Flesh

    1965

    Japanese

    6.9

    3

    62%

    62%

    corruption

    Crime

    Drama

    eroticism

    money

    murder

    rape

    secretary

    Nagisa Ôshima Nagisa Ôshima Director Yumiko Nogawa Yumiko Nogawa as Hitomi Akiji Kobayashi Akiji Kobayashi as Mari's pimp Kei Satô Kei Satô as Police inspector Mariko Kaga Mariko Kaga as Shoko
    After committing murder, businessman Atsushi is blackmailed into keeping a suitcase of embezzled money. What follows is a descent into lustful, reckless actions and regret.
    Violence at Noon 1966 POSTER

    Violence at Noon

    1966

    Japanese

    7.0

    7

    100%

    79%

    Crime

    Drama

    rape

    self-loathing

    Nagisa Ôshima Nagisa Ôshima Director Kei Satô Kei Satô as Eisuke Oyamada Hideo Kanze Hideo Kanze as Inagaki, husband of the raped woman Sen Yano Sen Yano as Mayor Teruko Kishi Teruko Kishi as Shino's grandmother
    Two young women must come to terms with the fact that a man they're deeply linked to is a murdering rapist.
    Night and Fog in Japan 1960 POSTER

    Night and Fog in Japan

    1960

    Japanese

    6.8

    2

    43%

    43%

    Action

    Drama

    japanese new wave

    sceptical

    Nagisa Ôshima Nagisa Ôshima Director Masahiko Tsugawa Masahiko Tsugawa as Ôta Hiroshi Akutagawa Hiroshi Akutagawa as Prof. Udagawa Miyuki Kuwano Miyuki Kuwano as Reiko Harada Kei Satô Kei Satô as Sakamaki
    Long takes and a highly theatrical visual approach combine to form a tense and confrontational look at the decline of a socialist student activists' movement in Japan.
    The Sun's Burial 1960 POSTER

    The Sun's Burial

    1960

    Japanese

    6.9

    3

    60%

    78%

    Crime

    Drama

    japanese new wave

    osaka, japan

    post war japan

    poverty

    prostitution

    youth gang

    Nagisa Ôshima Nagisa Ôshima Director Yûsuke Kawazu Yûsuke Kawazu as Gang member Isao Sasaki Isao Sasaki as New gang member Takeshi Masahiko Tsugawa Masahiko Tsugawa as Shin, leader of gang Ichirô Nagai Ichirô Nagai as The 'lance'
    In Osaka's slum, capricious folks without futures engage in pilfering, assault and robbery, prostitution, and the trading of ID cards and blood.
    The Man Who Left His Will on Film 1970 POSTER

    The Man Who Left His Will on Film

    1970

    Japanese

    6.9

    2

    86%

    86%

    Drama

    mystery

    suicide

    thief

    university

    will

    Nagisa Ôshima Nagisa Ôshima Director Kiyoko Tsuji Kiyoko Tsuji as Kenji Shiiya Kenji Shiiya as Tetsuro Tsuno Tetsuro Tsuno as Tomoyo Oshima Tomoyo Oshima as Akiko
    When a man chases down his stolen movie camera, the thief commits suicide by jumping off a building. But after the police take the camera as evidence, it becomes unclear if there was ever a thief in the first place.
    Sing a Song of Sex 1967 POSTER

    Sing a Song of Sex

    1967

    Japanese

    6.5

    8

    46%

    46%

    Action

    Drama

    erotic movie

    folk music

    sexuality

    singing

    university

    vietnam war

    Nagisa Ôshima Nagisa Ôshima Director Hideo Kanze Hideo Kanze as Hôryû Nakamura Hôryû Nakamura as Jûzô Itami Jûzô Itami as Ôtake Hideko Yoshida Hideko Yoshida as Sachiko Kaneda
    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.
    Three Resurrected Drunkards 1968 POSTER

    Three Resurrected Drunkards

    1968

    Japanese

    6.4

    1

    63%

    63%

    Action

    alternative reality

    Comedy

    Nagisa Ôshima Nagisa Ôshima Director Nagisa Ôshima Nagisa Ôshima as Interviewee Mako Midori Mako Midori as Nee-chan - young woman Takashi Ueno Takashi Ueno as Policeman Kei Satô Kei Satô as Y Chong-iru - I Chong-il
    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.
    The Catch 1961 POSTER

    The Catch

    1961

    Japanese

    6.8

    4

    Drama

    japanese new wave

    prisoner of war

    War

    Nagisa Ôshima Nagisa Ôshima Director Akiko Koyama Akiko Koyama as Hiroko Ishii Sadako Sawamura Sadako Sawamura as Katsu, Kazumasa's wife Rentarô Mikuni Rentarô Mikuni as Kazumasa Takano Teruko Kishi Teruko Kishi as Masu Tsukada
    Towards the end of WWII, a black American pilot is captured and imprisoned by rural Japanese villagers, who await official instructions as to how to proceed with their 'catch'.
    Double Suicide: Japanese Summer 1967 POSTER

    Double Suicide: Japanese Summer

    1967

    Japanese

    6.7

    3

    62%

    62%

    1960s

    allegorical

    Crime

    Drama

    firearm

    killing spree

    Nagisa Ôshima Nagisa Ôshima Director Masakazu Tamura Masakazu Tamura as Hideo Kanze Hideo Kanze as Yoshiyuki Fukuda Yoshiyuki Fukuda as Kei Satô Kei Satô as The Man
    A sex-obsessed woman, a suicidal man she meets on the street, and a gun-crazy wannabe gangster become trapped in an underground hideaway.
    Death by Hanging 1968 POSTER

    Death by Hanging

    1968

    Japanese

    7.5

    15

    86%

    85%

    Action

    Comedy

    Crime

    Drama

    pre-code

    satire

    zainichi

    Nagisa Ôshima Nagisa Ôshima Director Takashi Ueno Takashi Ueno as Guard Nagisa Ôshima Nagisa Ôshima as Narrator Kei Satô Kei Satô as Prison warden Akiko Koyama Akiko Koyama as The sister
    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.
    In the Realm of the Senses 1976 POSTER

    In the Realm of the Senses

    1976

    Japanese

    6.6

    33

    84%

    64%

    Action

    based on a true story

    Drama

    geisha

    japan

    jealousy

    passion

    pornography

    Romance

    Nagisa Ôshima Nagisa Ôshima Director Kyôko Okada Kyôko Okada as Hangyoku / young Geisha) Akiko Koyama Akiko Koyama as Mansaki Geisha Hiroko Fuji Hiroko Fuji as O-Tsune Eiko Matsuda Eiko Matsuda as Sada Abe
    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.
    Cruel Story of Youth 1960 POSTER

    Cruel Story of Youth

    1960

    Japanese

    6.9

    18

    100%

    66%

    Action

    Crime

    Drama

    drifter

    juvenile delinquent

    misfits

    motorcycle

    society

    yakuza

    Nagisa Ôshima Nagisa Ôshima Director Shin Morikawa Shin Morikawa as Kei Satô Kei Satô as Akira Matsuko Yûsuke Kawazu Yûsuke Kawazu as Kiyoshi Miyuki Kuwano Miyuki Kuwano as Makoto
    A harsh young man seduces a freeloading young woman and eventually takes advantage of her knack for hitchhiking to rob middle-class men.
    Taboo 1999 POSTER

    Taboo

    1999

    Japanese

    6.8

    11

    71%

    71%

    Action

    Drama

    gay

    gay theme

    History

    japan

    jidaigeki

    male homosexuality

    shinsengumi

    Thriller

    Nagisa Ôshima Nagisa Ôshima Director Chikako Aoyama Chikako Aoyama as Masatô Ibu Masatô Ibu as Officer Koshitaro Ito Tadanobu Asano Tadanobu Asano as Samurai Hyozo Tashiro Susumu Terajima Susumu Terajima as Spy
    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.
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