Donald Richie
Donald Richie was an American-born author who wrote about the Japanese people, the culture of Japan, and especially Japanese cinema. Although he considered himself primarily a film historian, Richie also directed a number of experimental films. (Wikipedia)
The Inland Sea
as Narrator (voice)In 1971, author and film scholar Donald Richie published a poetic travelogue about his...
Movie pageEmotion
as Narrator (voice)Experimental short film depicting the life, perhaps real, perhaps a dream, of a young girl named...
Movie pageRikyu
as PriestLate in the 1500s, an aging tea master teaches the way of tea to a headstrong Shogun. Through...
Movie pageI Lived, But...
as SelfAn extremely lovely tribute to Ozu, on the 20th anniversary of his death. It uses a combination...
Movie pageKurosawa: The Last Emperor
as SelfA profile and history of film director Akira Kurosawa.
Movie pageTokyo 1958
as uncreditedEight filmmakers collaborate with Teshigahara to create a "frantic, non-stop pop newsreel"....
Movie pageThe Man Who Left His Soul on Film
as uncreditedDocumentary about Nagisa Oshima. It includes interviews with Oshima, Donald Richie, Roger...
Movie pageSeven Samurai: Origins and Influences
as SelfSeven Samurai: Origins and Influences, a documentary looking at the samurai traditions and films...
Movie pageUnder the Skin
as HimselfA documentary on sixties counterculture in Japan featuring Donald Richie, Tadanori Yokoo, Masao...
Movie pageTeshigahara and Abe
as SelfA 2007 documentary examining the collaboration between Teshigahara and novelist Kobo Abe,...
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