Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Japanese film director Oshima dies at 80

FILE - In this May 16, 2000 file photo, Japanese director Nagisa Oshima, poses during a photocall for their film "Gohatto," in competition for the Golden Palm, at the Film Festival in Cannes, France. Oshima, a Japanese director known for internationally acclaimed films ?Empire of Passion? and ?In the Realm of the Senses? has died of pneumonia. He was 80. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

FILE - In this May 16, 2000 file photo, Japanese director Nagisa Oshima, poses during a photocall for their film "Gohatto," in competition for the Golden Palm, at the Film Festival in Cannes, France. Oshima, a Japanese director known for internationally acclaimed films ?Empire of Passion? and ?In the Realm of the Senses? has died of pneumonia. He was 80. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

FILE - In this May 16, 2000 file photo, Japanese director Nagisa Oshima arrives with his wife Akiko Koyama at the Festival Palace to attend the screening of his film "Gohatto" in competition at the 53rd International Film Festival in Cannes. Oshima, a Japanese director known for internationally acclaimed films ?Empire of Passion? and ?In the Realm of the Senses? has died of pneumonia. He was 80. His office says Oshima died Tuesday afternoon at a hospital near Tokyo. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours, File)

FILE - In this May 13, 1986 file photo, Japanese film director Nagisa Oshima, right, who?s film ?Max My Love? is in competition during the 39th Film Festival in Cannes, France, poses with British actress Charlotte Rampling, center, and British actor Anthony Higgins, left, at Cannes, France. Oshima, a Japanese director known for internationally acclaimed films ?Empire of Passion? and ?In the Realm of the Senses? has died of pneumonia. He was 80. His office says Oshima died Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 15, 2013, at a hospital near Tokyo.(AP Photo/File)

TOKYO (AP) ? Nagisa Oshima, a Japanese director known for internationally acclaimed films "Empire of Passion" and "In the Realm of the Senses," has died of pneumonia. He was 80.

His office says Oshima died Tuesday afternoon at a hospital near Tokyo.

A former student activist from Japan's ancient capital of Kyoto, Oshima debuted in 1959, often depicting social issues. Oshima quickly rose to fame as a leading Japanese "new wave" director.

Oshima stirred public indecency debate in Japan when he released "In the Realm of the Senses" in 1976. Two years later, Oshima won best director award at the Canne International Film Festival with "Empire of Passion."

Despite suffering a stroke in 1996, Oshima briefly returned to filmmaking in 1999 with "Taboo," which became his last work.

Associated Press

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