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Hiroshi Teshigahara

Hiroshi Teshigahara

DirectorWriterActorEditorProducer Jan 28 (died age 74) Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan 1953–1992 (39 year career)
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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…

Known For

Woman in the Dunes
Film

Woman in the Dunes

Director
The Face of Another
Film

The Face of Another

Director
Pitfall
Film

Pitfall

Director
Rikyu
Film

Rikyu

Director
Antonio Gaudí
Film

Antonio Gaudí

Director
Ako
Film

Ako

Director
The Man Without a Map
Film

The Man Without a Map

Director
Hokusai
Film

Hokusai

Director

Filmography