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Hiroshi Teshigahara(1927-2001)

  • Director
  • Writer
  • Producer
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Tatsuya Nakadai and Hiroshi Teshigahara
Hiroshi Teshigahara was born the son of Sofu Teshigahara who was the founder of the Sogetsu School of Ikebana (flower arrangement). In 1950, he graduated from the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music in oil painting. In 1958, he became the director of Sogetsu Art Centre and took a leading role in avant-garde activities in many fields of art. Beginning in 1980, acting as movie director, he was the Iemoto (Headmaster) of the Sogetsu School of Ikebana.
BornJanuary 28, 1927
DiedApril 14, 2001(74)
BornJanuary 28, 1927
DiedApril 14, 2001(74)
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  • Nominated for 1 Oscar

Known for

Woman in the Dunes (1964)
Woman in the Dunes
8.5
  • Director
  • 1964
Rikyû (1989)
Rikyû
7.1
  • Director
  • 1989
The Face of Another (1966)
The Face of Another
7.9
  • Director(directed by)
  • 1966
Pitfall (1962)
Pitfall
7.5
  • Director
  • 1962

Credits

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Director

  • Gô-hime (1992)
    Gô-hime
  • Rikyû (1989)
    Rikyû
  • Antonio Gaudí (1984)
    Antonio Gaudí
  • Sculpture mouvante - Jean Tinguely (1981)
    Sculpture mouvante - Jean Tinguely
  • Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman (1974)
    Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman
  • Warera no Shuyaku
  • Samâ sorujâ (1972)
    Samâ sorujâ
  • The Man Without a Map (1968)
    The Man Without a Map
  • Explosion Course
  • The Face of Another (1966)
    The Face of Another
    • (directed by)
  • Hozee Tooresu
  • Miki Irie in Ako (1964)
    Ako
  • La fleur de l'âge, ou Les adolescentes (1964)
    La fleur de l'âge, ou Les adolescentes
    • (segment Ako)
  • Woman in the Dunes (1964)
    Woman in the Dunes
  • Sculptures by Sofu - Vita (1963)
    Sculptures by Sofu - Vita

Writer

  • Gô-hime (1992)
    Gô-hime
  • Rikyû (1989)
    Rikyû
  • Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman (1974)
    Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman
  • Tokyo 1958 (1958)
    Tokyo 1958

Producer

  • Antonio Gaudí (1984)
    Antonio Gaudí
  • Tokyo 1958 (1958)
    Tokyo 1958
  • Hokusai (1953)
    Hokusai

Personal details

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    • January 28, 1927
    • Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
    • April 14, 2001
    • Tokyo, Japan(leukemia)
    • Toshiko Kobayashi? - April 14, 2001 (his death, 2 children)

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    Teshigahara is the first person of Asian descent to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director, which he earned in 1964 for Woman in the Dunes (1964).

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