List of the best Nagisa Ôshima movies: Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence(1983), Violence at Noon(1966), Empire of Passion(1978), Taboo(1999) ... ...
War
UK|New Zealand|Japan
1983
124 Minutes
Director
David Bowie Tom Conti Ryuichi Sakamoto "Beat" Takeshi Kitano Jack Thompson Johnny Ohkura Alistair Browning James Malcolm Chris Broun Grant Bridger Colin Francis
soldier prisoner of war translator military officer sergeant homosexual cool disturbing gutsy pow camp japan world war ii cultural differences torture homosexuality imprisonment honor underdog discovery 1940s
During WWII, a British colonel tries to bridge the cultural divides between a British POW and the Japanese camp commander in order to avoid bloodshed.
Drama
Japan
1966
99 Minutes
Director
Hideo Kanze Saeda Kawaguchi Narumi Kayashima Teruko Kishi Hôsei Komatsu Akiko Koyama Kei Satô Taiji Tonoyama Matsuhiro Toura Fumio Watanabe Sen Yano
maid victim rapist wife police officer father bleak disturbing sad japan commune school woods apartment serial rape postwar japan poverty murder investigation disillusionment
Two young women must come to terms with the fact that a man they're deeply linked to is a murdering rapist.
Drama
Japan|France
1978
108 Minutes
Director
Kazuko Yoshiyuki Tatsuya Fuji Takahiro Tamura Takuzô Kawatani Akiko Koyama Taiji Tonoyama Sumie Sasaki Eizo Kitamura
A married woman and her lover murder her husband and dump his body into a well. After a while, his ghost comes to haunt them while the local gossip grows stronger.
Drama
Japan|France|UK
1999
101 Minutes
Director
"Beat" Takeshi Kitano Ryuhei Matsuda Shinji Takeda Tadanobu Asano Koji Matoba Uno Kanda Kazuko Yoshiyuki Yoichi Sai Jiro Sakagami Zakoba Katsura Kei Satô
The new member of a samurai militia unit causes disruption as several of his colleagues fall in love with him, threatening to disturb the rigid code of their squad.