Japanese New Wave
| Japanese New Wave | |
|---|---|
| Years active | Late 1950s – 1970s |
| Location | Japan |
| Major figures | Shōhei Imamura, Nagisa Ōshima, Hiroshi Teshigahara, Masahiro Shinoda, Seijun Suzuki, Susumu Hani, Koreyoshi Kurahara, Yasuzo Masumura, Yoshishige Yoshida, Shūji Terayama, Kaneto Shindo, Masaki Kobayashi, Toshio Matsumoto, Koji Wakamatsu, Yuzo Kawashima, Akio Jissoji, Kazuo Kuroki |
| Influences | Nouvelle Vague, Japanese Proletarian literature, Shinkankakuha, Ero guro nansensu, Seitō, Japanese New Left |
The Japanese New Wave (ヌーベルバーグ, Nūberu bāgu, Japanese transliteration of the French term "nouvelle vague") is a term for a group of loosely-connected Japanese films and filmmakers between the late 1950s and part of the 1970s. The most prominent representatives include directors Nagisa Ōshima, Yoshishige Yoshida, Masahiro Shinoda and Shōhei Imamura.