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Hiroshi Teshigahara

Hiroshi Teshigahara

Actor, Director, Writer

Born January 28, 1927 in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan

Died April 14, 2001

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Biography

Hiroshi Teshigahara (January 28, 1927 – April 14, 2001) was an avant-garde Japanese filmmaker.

He was born in Tokyo, son of Sofu Teshigahara, founder and grand master of the Sogetsu School of ikebana. He graduated in 1950 from the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music and began working in documentary film. He directed his first feature film, Pitfall (1962), in collaboration with author Kōbō Abe and musician Tōru Takemitsu. The film won the NHK New Director's award, and throughout the 1960s, he continued to collaborate on films with Abe and Takemitsu while simultaneously pursuing his interest in ikebana and sculpture on a professional level.

In 1965, the Teshigahara/Abe film Woman in the Dunes (1964) was nominated for an Academy Award and won the Special Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. In 1972, he worked with Japanese researcher and translator John Nathan to make the movie Summer Soldiers, a film set during the Vietnam War about American deserters living on the fringe of Japanese society.

From the mid-1970s onwards, he worked less frequently on feature films as he concentrated more on documentaries, exhibitions and the Sogetsu School and became grand master of the school in 1980.

In 1978, Teshigahara Hiroshi directed the final two episodes of the long running and popular Japanese television series Shin Zatouichi, starring Shintarō Katsu as the blind wandering Yakuza. During Akira Kurosawa's 5 year hiatus from filmmaking, he watched a lot of television and was particularly taken by the final episode of Shin Zatouichi - Episode: Journey of Dreams (1978). The influence of this particular episode included the initial casting of Shintaro Katsu in the lead roles in Kagemusha and the extended artistic dream sequences contributed to those seen in Kagemusha (1980).

On the first anniversary of his death, April 14, 2002, a DVD box set containing his best known work was released in Japan in commemoration.

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11 wins and 4 nominations

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Filmography

Actor

4

Type

Year

Directors: The World of Hiroshi Teshigawara Documentary2007Self

The 74th Annual Academy Awards Poster

The 74th Annual Academy Awards TV Special2002Memorial Tribute

Music for the Movies: Tôru Takemitsu Poster

Music for the Movies: Tôru Takemitsu Documentary1994Self

The 38th Annual Academy Awards Poster

The 38th Annual Academy Awards TV Special1966Self - Nominee

Director

21

Type

Year

Gô-hime Feature Film1992

Rikyû Feature Film1989

Antonio Gaudí Poster

Antonio Gaudí Documentary1984

Sculpture mouvante - Jean Tinguely Poster

Sculpture mouvante - Jean Tinguely Documentary1981

Warera no Shuyaku TV Movie1977

Zatôichi monogatari Poster

Zatôichi monogatari TV Series1974

Summer Soldiers Poster

Summer Soldiers Feature Film1972

The Man Without a Map Poster

The Man Without a Map Feature Film1968

Explosion Course Poster

Explosion Course Documentary1967

The Face of Another Poster

The Face of Another Feature Film1966

Hozee Tooresu Poster

Hozee Tooresu Documentary1965

La fleur de l'âge, ou Les adolescentes Poster

La fleur de l'âge, ou Les adolescentes Feature Film1964

White Morning Poster

White Morning Short Film1964

Woman in the Dunes Poster

Woman in the Dunes Feature Film1964

Sculptures by Sofu - Vita Poster

Sculptures by Sofu - Vita Short Film1963

Pitfall Feature Film1962

Hozee Toresu Poster

Hozee Toresu Documentary1959

Tokyo 1958 Poster

Tokyo 1958 Documentary1958

Ikebana Short Film1957

Juuninin no shashinka Poster

Juuninin no shashinka Documentary1955

Hokusai Documentary1953

Writer

4

Type

Year

Gô-hime Feature Film1992

Rikyû Feature Film1989

Zatôichi monogatari Poster

Zatôichi monogatari TV Series1974

Tokyo 1958 Poster

Tokyo 1958 Documentary1958

Producer

3

Antonio Gaudí Poster

Antonio Gaudí Documentary1984

Tokyo 1958 Poster

Tokyo 1958 Documentary1958

Hokusai Documentary1953

Cinematographer

2

Type

Year

Summer Soldiers Poster

Summer Soldiers Feature Film1972

Hozee Toresu Poster

Hozee Toresu Documentary1959

Editor

2

Antonio Gaudí Poster

Antonio Gaudí Documentary1984

Tokyo 1958 Poster

Tokyo 1958 Documentary1958

Thanks

2

Type

Year

Moriya, mi Ciudad Poster

Moriya, mi Ciudad Documentary2019

Wet Dreams Poster

Wet Dreams Feature Film1974

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