The Best Movies to Watch From Oshima Productions

The tragic irony of war — that, if battling soldiers had been born in any other time or place, they may well have been friends with each other — takes center stage in this brilliant drama set in WWII-era Java. It’s a theme best encapsulated by Captain Yonoi (Ryuichi Sakamoto in his film debut), the […]

In the Realm of the Senses shocked audiences globally with its sexually explicit story, so it’s probably why filmmaker Nagisa Ōshima went another direction with Empire of Passion. Despite the name, it’s considerably tamer than his previous feature. That isn’t to say there’s no sex (there still is). Instead of focusing on that aspect, Empire […]