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Biography

After an early involvement with the student protest movement in Kyoto, Oshima rose rapidly in the Shochiku company from the status of apprentice in 1954 to that of director. By 1960, he had grown disillusioned with the traditional studio production policies and broke away from Shochiku to form his own independent production company, Sozosha, in 1965. With other Japanese New Wave filmmakers like Masahiro Shinoda, Shohei Imamura and Yoshishige …

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Job Title

Actor, Director, Producer, Writer

Born

March 31, 1932

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Boy

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Gishiki

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The Pleasures of the Flesh

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100 Years of Japanese Cinema

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