Donald Richie

Donald Richie

Known for

Directing

Born

April 17, 1924

Birthplace

Lima, Ohio, USA

Died

February 19, 2013 (aged 88)

Biography

Donald Richie was an American-born author who wrote about the Japanese people, the culture of Japan, and especially Japanese cinema. Although he considered himself primarily a film historian, Richie also directed a number of experimental films. (Wikipedia)

Best known work

Emotion
Emotion
1966
Rikyu
Rikyu
1989
Tokyo 1958
Tokyo 1958
1958
Cybele: A Pastoral Ritual in Five Scenes
Cybele: A Pastoral Ritual in Five Scenes
1969
I Lived, But...
I Lived, But...
1983
Five Filosophical Fables
Five Filosophical Fables
1967
The Inland Sea
The Inland Sea
1991
Boy with Cat
Boy with Cat
1966
Dead Youth
Dead Youth
1967
Atami Blues
Atami Blues
1962

Filmography

  1. TBA

    Life Eternal

    Director

  2. TBA

  3. 2016

  4. 2007

  5. 2006

  6. 2006

  7. 2002

    Under the Skin

    as Himself

  8. 2000

    Kurosawa

    as Self

  9. 1999

  10. 1997

  11. 1991

    The Inland Sea

    as Narrator (voice), Author

  12. 1989

    Rikyu

    as Priest

  13. 1983

  14. 1983

  15. 1969

  16. 1967

    Five Filosophical Fables

    Director, Music, Writer, Editor

  17. 1967

    Dead Youth

    Director

  18. 1966

    Emotion

    as Narrator (voice)

  19. 1966

    Boy with Cat

    Director

  20. 1964

    Life

    Director

  21. 1963

    Futari

    Director

  22. 1962

    Wargames

    Director, Music, Writer, Editor

  23. 1962

    Atami Blues

    Director

  24. 1959

    Sacrifice

    Director

  25. 1958

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