Person
Donald Richie
Directing · 1924–2013 · Lima, Ohio, USA
Biography
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)
Known for
Kurosawa: The Last Emperor
Self
Kurosawa
Self
Rikyu
Priest
I Lived, But...
Self
Lil’ Tokyo Story
Writer
Emotion
Narrator (voice)
The Man Who Left His Soul on Film
1983
Atami Blues
Director
The Inland Sea
Narrator (voice)
Cybele: A Pastoral Ritual in Five Scenes
Director
Filmography
- 2016Lil’ Tokyo StoryWriter
- 2007Teshigahara and AbeSelf
- 2006A Zen Life: D.T. SuzukiSelf
- 2006Seven Samurai: Origins and InfluencesSelf
- 2002Under the SkinHimself
- 2000KurosawaSelf
- 1999Kurosawa: The Last EmperorSelf
- 1991The Inland SeaNarrator (voice)
- 1989RikyuPriest
- 1983I Lived, But...Self
- 1983The Man Who Left His Soul on Film
- 1969Cybele: A Pastoral Ritual in Five ScenesDirector
- 1967Five Filosophical FablesDirector
- 1967Dead YouthDirector
- 1966EmotionNarrator (voice)
- 1966Boy with CatDirector
- 1964LifeDirector
- 1963FutariDirector
- 1962WargamesDirector
- 1962Atami BluesDirector
- 1959SacrificeDirector
- 1958Tokyo 1958
- 1953Life Life LifeDirector
- —Life EternalDirector
- —Stillness—Suspension—MotionDirector
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