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Rio Kishida

Rio Kishida

Known for

Writing

Born

March 10, 1946

Birthplace

Okaya, Nagano Prefecture, Japan

Died

June 28, 2003 (aged 57)

Biography

Rio Kishida was a Japanese playwright and director. She wrote several plays about women and the problems they faced in a patriarchal society that run parallel with the second wave of the feminist movement in Japan.

Best known work

Pastoral: To Die in the Country

Pastoral: To Die in the Country

1974
Fruits of Passion

Fruits of Passion

1981
Private Collections

Private Collections

1979
Grass Labyrinth

Grass Labyrinth

1979
Farewell to the Ark

Farewell to the Ark

1984
Summer Vacation 1999

Summer Vacation 1999

1988
Path of the Beast

Path of the Beast

1980
Marquis de Sade’s Prosperities of Vice

Marquis de Sade’s Prosperities of Vice

1988
The Boxer

The Boxer

1977
Wet Lust: Opening the Tulip

Wet Lust: Opening the Tulip

1975

Filmography

  1. 1997

    Akio Jissoji's Mystery File 2

    Director

  2. 1997

  3. 1995

    Naran

    Writer

  4. 1992

  5. 1992

  6. 1991

    Harikomi

    Screenplay

  7. 1990

  8. 1990

    Tales of the BizarreTV

    Writer

  9. 1988

  10. 1988

  11. 1988

  12. 1987

    Bedtime Eyes

    Screenplay

  13. 1986

    Blue Lake Girl

    Screenplay

  14. 1985

  15. 1984

  16. 1981

  17. 1980

  18. 1979

    Grass Labyrinth

    Screenplay

  19. 1979

  20. 1978

  21. 1978

  22. 1977

    The Boxer

    Screenplay

  23. 1975

  24. 1974

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