Japanese New Wave

The Japanese New Wave (ヌーベルバーグ, Nūberu bāgu; Japanese transliteration of the French term "nouvelle vague") is 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.