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Donald Richie (1924–2013)

Trivia:

Author who wrote about the Japanese people and Japanese cinema.

Died:

(age 88) in Tokyo, Japan

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Filmography

Hide HideDirector (6 titles)
1968 Cybele (short)
 
1967 Dead Youth (short)
 
1966 Boy with Cat (short)
 
1962 Atami Blues (short)
 
1962 Wargames (short)
 
Show ShowWriter (3 titles)
1991 The Inland Sea (documentary) (book)
 
1962 Wargames (short)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (3 titles)
1990 Dreams (subtitler)
 
1980 The Lovers' Exile (subtitler: English)
 
1980 Kagemusha (subtitle supervisor - US version, subtitler - international version)
 
Show ShowActor (2 titles)
1989 Rikyu
Priest
 
1966 Emotion (short)
Eigo no narêtâ
 
Show ShowEditor (2 titles)
1962 Wargames (short)
 
Show ShowComposer (2 titles)
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

Other Works:

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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