# Nagisa Oshima's best films, ranked

From the Shochiku New Wave to Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence: Oshima's key films, ordered from the ranking.net popular vote, ciatr and Cinema Rank.

- 2 votes · 14 items
- Feb 23, 2024 · Kenichi Okada
- https://even.best/en/l/3307/nagisa-oshima-s-best-films-ranked

## Top 14

1. **Dear Summer Sister (1972)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — A road movie set in Okinawa.
2. **Three Resurrected Drunkards (1968)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — An absurdist comedy starring The Folk Crusaders.
3. **Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — David Bowie, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Takeshi Kitano.
4. **In the Realm of the Senses (1976)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A Franco-Japanese film on the Sada Abe case.
5. **Taboo (1999)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Desire within the Shinsengumi; his last film.
6. **Boy (1969)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A family of accident fakers seen through a boy's eyes.
7. **Empire of Passion (1978)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Best director at Cannes.
8. **Cruel Story of Youth (1960)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The defining youth film of the Shochiku New Wave.
9. **Death by Hanging (1968)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A satire about a condemned man who survives his hanging.
10. **The Ceremony (1971)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Postwar Japan through one family's weddings and funerals; Kinema Junpo's number one.
11. **Night and Fog in Japan (1960)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A debate drama on the Anpo protests, pulled after four days.
12. **Violence at Noon (1966)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A serial attacker and the women who know him.
13. **The Sun's Burial (1960)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Young hustlers in Osaka's Kamagasaki.
14. **Max, Mon Amour (1986)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Charlotte Rampling and a chimpanzee.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.