- Films
- 22
- Avg rating
- 6.94
- Peak run
- 1967’71
- 7+ run
- 2 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As a director, films with 1,000+ votes
Nagisa by the numbers
Average
6.94
14 rated films
Vote weighted
6.94
bigger films count more
Median
6.9
half are better
Consistency
±0.37
rating spread
Career
41y
1959 to 1999
Total votes
86.3K
across every film
Best
7.2
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
Worst
6.6
In the Realm of the Senses
Newest first
Filmography
| 1999 |  Taboo | 6.8 | 8,517 |
| 1986 | Max My Love | 6.0 | 1,432 |
| 1983 |  Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence | 7.2 | 22,798 |
| 1978 | Empire of Passion | 7.0 | 5,712 |
| 1976 |  In the Realm of the Senses | 6.6 | 25,617 |
| 1972 | Dear Summer Sister | · | 288 |
| 1971 | The Ceremony | 7.2 | 1,486 |
| 1970 | The Man Who Left His Will on Film | 6.9 | 1,002 |
| 1969 | Diary of a Shinjuku Thief | · | 991 |
| 1969 | Boy | 7.4 | 2,216 |
| 1968 | Three Resurrected Drunkards | · | 780 |
| 1968 | Death by Hanging | 7.5 | 3,963 |
| 1967 | Double Suicide: Japanese Summer | 6.7 | 1,000 |
| 1967 | Sing a Song of Sex | · | 998 |
| 1967 | Band of Ninja | · | 268 |
| 1966 | Violence at Noon | 7.1 | 1,337 |
| 1965 | The Pleasures of the Flesh | 6.9 | 1,845 |
| 1961 | The Catch | · | 394 |
| 1960 | Night and Fog in Japan | · | 967 |
| 1960 | Cruel Story of Youth | 6.9 | 2,937 |
Better together?
Nagisa Ōshima's regulars
- Tsutomu TamuraWriter · 11 films · 7.13 avg▲+0.11
- Mamoru SasakiWriter · 9 films · 7.08 avg▲+0.07
- Fumio WatanabeDirector and actor · 8 films · 7.16 avg▲+0.07
- Hikaru HayashiComposer · 7 films · 7.18 avg
- Kei SatōDirector and actor · 7 films · 7.10 avg▼−0.06
- Rokkô TouraDirector and actor · 7 films · 7.10 avg●0.00
- Yasuhiro YoshiokaCinematographer · 6 films · 7.20 avg
- Hōsei KomatsuDirector and actor · 5 films · 7.37 avg▲+0.31
- Akiko KoyamaDirector and actor · 5 films · 7.17 avg▲+0.11
- Riichirô ManabeComposer · 5 films · 6.90 avg
- Tôru TakemitsuComposer · 4 films · 7.03 avg
- Akira TakadaCinematographer · 4 films · 7.00 avg
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Films together: Nagisa Ōshima and Tsutomu Tamura movies · Nagisa Ōshima and Mamoru Sasaki movies · Nagisa Ōshima and Fumio Watanabe movies · Nagisa Ōshima and Hikaru Hayashi movies
Takes
On Nagisa Ōshima
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