Hiroshi Teshigahara was a Japanese avant-garde filmmaker and artist from the Japanese New Wave era. He is best known for the 1964 film Woman in the Dunes. He is also known for directing other titles such as The Face of Another (1966), Natsu no Heitai, and Pitfall (1962), which was Teshigahara's directorial debut.
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Filmography 27
Woman in the Dunes
The Face of Another
Pitfall
Rikyu
Antonio Gaudí
The Man Without a Map
Ako
Hokusai
Basara: The Princess Goh
Tokyo 1958
Ikebana
Jose Torres
Summer Soldiers
It Is Good to Live
Jose Torres II
Sculptures by Sofu - Vita
That Tender Age
Dream Window: Reflections on the Japanese Garden
Explosion Course
Yurakucho 0 Street
240 Hours in One Day
12 Photographers
The World Is Terrified: The Reality of the “Ash of Death”
Gaudi, Catalunya
Moving Sculpture: Jean Tinguely45 credits on file
Television 1
Zatoichi MonogatariAwards 5
In their orbit 2
Connected to Hiroshi 6
About this person
Hiroshi Teshigahara was a Japanese avant-garde filmmaker and artist from the Japanese New Wave era. He is best known for the 1964 film Woman in the Dunes. He is also known for directing other titles such as The Face of Another (1966), Natsu no Heitai, and Pitfall (1962), which was Teshigahara's directorial debut. He has been called "one of the most acclaimed Japanese directors of all time". Teshigahara is the first person of Asian descent to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director, accomplishing this in 1964 for his work on Woman in the Dunes. Apart from being a filmmaker, Teshigahara also practiced other arts, such as calligraphy, pottery, painting, opera and ikebana.
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