Nagisa Ōshima
1932 - 2013
Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema
Shizuo Satô
Akira Kurosawa, Nagisa Ōshima
Nagisa Oshima interviews Akira Kurosawa, leading him to share his thoughts about filmmaking, his life and works, and numerous anecdotes relating to his films and his various film activities.
Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema
Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano
Louis Heaton
Takeshi Kitano, Joe Hisaishi
First major English-language documentary profile of the cult Japanese actor/director, Takeshi Kitano. Featuring interviews with many of his regular contributors and colleagues, the film explores Kitano's rise from working-class poverty to superstar of Japanese radio, TV, comedy and journalism, and follows the making of his US-Japanese gangster film, 'Brother'.
Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano
Boy
Nagisa Ōshima
Fumio Watanabe, Akiko Koyama
A family of four lives off of scams in which they pretend to be injured by automobiles. After suffering an injury during the war, the father believes he is an invalid. He and his wife have a 10-year-old boy and another, younger boy. The adults pretend to be injured by autos in crowded traffic, blackmailing the fearful motorists with threats to call in the police.
Boy
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
Nagisa Ōshima
David Bowie, Tom Conti
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.
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
愛と希望の街
Nagisa Ōshima
Fumio Watanabe, Yuki Tominaga
A young man runs a scam selling pigeons that always return to his home. He falls under the wing of Kyoko, an older student whose heart is touched after Masuo sells his pigeons to her. However, after his scam is revealed, can these feelings truly remain the same?
Street of Love and Hope
Level Five
Chris Marker
Catherine Belkhodja, Nagisa Ōshima
The French computer programmer Laura inherits the task of making a computer game of the Battle of Okinawa in Japan during World War 2. She searches the Internet for information on the battle, and interviews Japanese experts and witnesses. The extraordinary circumstances of the Battle of Okinawa lead Laura to reflect deeply on her own life and humanity in general, particularly the influence of history and memories.
Level Five
Empire of Passion
Nagisa Ōshima
Tatsuya Fuji, Kazuko Yoshiyuki
A young man has an affair with an older woman. He is very jealous of her husband and decides that they should kill him. One night, after the husband had plenty of sake to drink and was in bed, they strangle him and dump his body down a well. To avert any suspicions, she pretends her husband has gone off to Tokyo to work. For three years the wife and her lover secretly see each other. Finally, suspicions become very strong and people begin to gossip. To make matters worse, her husband's ghost begins to haunt her and the law arrives to investigate her husband's disappearance.
Empire of Passion
