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Donald Richie (1924–2013)

Director | Writer | Miscellaneous Crew

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Author who wrote about the Japanese people and Japanese cinema.

Born:

Donald Steiner Richie
in Lima, Ohio, USA

Died:

(age 88) in Tokyo, Japan
2 videos | 48 news articles »

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The Noteworthy: "Something Necessary", Aleksei German (1938-2013), Sallitt & Cairns, 7th/11
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21 February 2013 8:34 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News
The Noteworthy: Donald Richie, Pegleg, Miyazaki Sketches, Soderbergh & Mara
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1970 Five Filosophical Fables
 
1968 Cybele (short)
 
1967 Dead Youth (short)
 
1966 Boy with Cat (short)
 
1962 Atami Blues (short)
 
1962 Wargames (short)
 
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1991 The Inland Sea (documentary) (book)
 
1970 Five Filosophical Fables
 
1962 Wargames (short)
 
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1990 Dreams (subtitler)
 
1980 The Lovers' Exile (subtitler: English)
 
1980 Kagemusha (subtitle supervisor - US version, subtitler - international version)
 
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1989 Rikyu
Priest
 
1966 Emotion (short)
Eigo no narêtâ
 
Show ShowEditor (2 titles)
1970 Five Filosophical Fables
 
1962 Wargames (short)
 
Show ShowComposer (2 titles)
1970 Five Filosophical Fables
 
1962 Wargames (short)
 
Show ShowProducer (1 title)
1970 Five Filosophical Fables (producer)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2011 The Story of Film: An Odyssey (TV series documentary) (thanks - 1 episode)
– Episode #1.8 (2011) (thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (12 titles)
2011 The Story of Film: An Odyssey (TV series documentary)
Himself - Interviewee
– Episode #1.6 (2011) … Himself - Interviewee
– Episode #1.3 (2011) … Himself - Interviewee
 
2008 Magnificent Obsession: Frank Lloyd Wright's Buildings and Legacy in Japan (video documentary)
Narration - as the voice of Frank Lloyd Wright
 
2006 A Zen Life: D.T. Suzuki (documentary)
 
2006 Seven Samurai: Origins and Influences (video documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Film Genre (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Heist (2002) … Himself
– The Western (2002) … Himself
– World War Two (2002) … Himself
 
2000 Great Performances (TV series)
Himself
– Kurosawa (2000) … Himself
 
1999 Kurosawa: The Last Emperor (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1994 Music for the Movies: Tôru Takemitsu (documentary)
Himself
 
1983 The Life and Works of Yasujiro Ozu (documentary)
Himself
 
1983 The Man Who Left His Soul on Film (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1981 Conversations with Willard Van Dyke (documentary)
Himself
 
1958 Tokyo 1958 (documentary short)
 

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Harakiri -- Video introduction by Japanese-film historian Donald Richie. A Zen Life: D.T. Suzuki -- 'A ZEN LIFE' is about the life & legacy of D.T. Suzuki (1870 - 1966), credited with introducing Zen philosophy to the West.
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Personal Details

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Book: "The Inland Sea" (filmed as The Inland Sea) See more »

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Personal Quote:

[on writing] When I started to learn how to read, I discovered the same kind of power. I could create an environment that I didn't have, and I could order this environment in the way that I couldn't in my actual life. Then, when I learned to write, I learned that I could do this not only for myself... See more »

Trivia:

Author who wrote about the Japanese people and Japanese cinema. See more »

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