Tomoyo Ōshima

Tomoyo Ōshima

76 (1949-01-01)
Akita Prefecture, Japan

Tomoyo Ōshima (大島 ともよ) is a Japanese film editor, known as editor of Nagisa Ōshima's and Shuji Terayama's films in her young days. She is the director of Tokyo Filmex, a film festival.

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Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence 1983 (7.3)

Island of Java, 1942, during World War II. British Major Jack Celliers arrives at a Japanese prison camp, run by the strict Captain Yonoi. Colonel John Lawrence, who has a profound knowledge of Japanese culture, and Sergeant Hara, brutal and simpleton, will witness the struggle of wills between two men from very different backgrounds who are tragically destined to clash.
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Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters 1985 (7.806)

A fictional account of the life of Japanese author Yukio Mishima, combining dramatizations of three of his novels and a depiction of the events of November 25th, 1970.
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Maborosi 1995 (7.399)

A tragedy strikes a young woman's life without warning or reason. She continues living while searching for meaning in a lonely world.