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)
Rikyu
as PriestLate in the 1500s, an aging tea master teaches the way of tea to a headstrong Shogun. Through...
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Emotion
as Narrator (voice)Experimental short film depicting the life, perhaps real, perhaps a dream, of a young girl named...
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Tokyo 1958
as uncreditedEight filmmakers collaborate with Teshigahara to create a "frantic, non-stop pop newsreel"....
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I Lived, But...
as SelfAn extremely lovely tribute to Ozu, on the 20th anniversary of his death. It uses a combination...
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The Inland Sea
as Narrator (voice)In 1971, author and film scholar Donald Richie published a poetic travelogue about his...
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Kurosawa: The Last Emperor
as SelfA profile and history of film director Akira Kurosawa.
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The Man Who Left His Soul on Film
as uncreditedDocumentary about Nagisa Oshima. It includes interviews with Oshima, Donald Richie, Roger...
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Under the Skin
as HimselfA documentary on sixties counterculture in Japan featuring Donald Richie, Tadanori Yokoo, Masao...
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Seven Samurai: Origins and Influences
as SelfSeven Samurai: Origins and Influences, a documentary looking at the samurai traditions and films...
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Teshigahara and Abe
as SelfA 2007 documentary examining the collaboration between Teshigahara and novelist Kobo Abe,...
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