Nagisa Ōshima (1932-2013) was a Japanese film director and screenwriter, a leading figure of his country's New Wave (Nuberu Bagu). Emerging in the late 1950s, he established himself with a radical style that broke with narrative conventions and tackled taboo themes such as political dissent, crime, and sexuality in post-war Japan. His international fame is primarily linked to the controversial *In the Realm of the Senses* (1976), a work that challenged global censorship for its explicit depiction of eroticism. For his subsequent film, *Empire of Passion* (1978), he won the award for Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival. His career includes other celebrated works such as the international production *Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence* (1983), starring David Bowie and Ryūichi Sakamoto, and his final feature film, *Taboo* (1999), which confirmed his status as a provocative and influential auteur.