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Nagisa ĹŚshima
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Memorial Page for Nagisa ĹŚshima

Mar 31, 1932 – Jan 15, 2013(80 years)Died in:Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture

Japanese film director and screenwriter

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Awards(8)

Cannes Best Director AwardBlue Ribbon Awards for Best DirectorSutherland TrophyMedal with Purple RibbonMainichi Film Award for Best ScreenplayBlue Ribbon Awards for Best NewcomerDirectors Guild of Japan New Directors AwardMainichi Film Award for Best Director

Spouse(1)

Akiko Koyama

Education(1)

Kyoto University

Nagisa Ōshima (* March 31, 1932 in Kyoto; † January 15, 2013 in Fujisawa) was a japanese film director and screenwriter. He was 80 years old. He was married to Akiko Koyama. He studied at Kyoto University. He received 8 awards, including Cannes Best Director Award, Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Director. His cause of death was pneumonia.

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Born in Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture

1932

Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Newcomer

1961

Cruel Story of Youth

Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award

1961

Cruel Story of Youth

Mainichi Film Award for Best Screenplay

1972

The Ceremony

Sutherland Trophy

1976

In the Realm of the Senses

Cannes Best Director Award

1978

Empire of Passion

Mainichi Film Award for Best Screenplay

1984

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Director

2000

Taboo

Medal with Purple Ribbon

2000

Died in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture (pneumonia)

2013

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Nagisa ĹŚshima. Forever remembered.