Hiroshi Teshigahara

Director

Born: January 28, 1927
Died: April 14, 2001 (age 74)
From: Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan

Hiroshi Teshigahara (January 28, 1927 – April 14, 2001) was an avant-garde Japanese filmmaker. He was born in Tokyo, son of Sofu Teshigahara, founder and grand master of the Sogetsu School of ikebana. He graduated in 1950 from the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music and began working in documentary film. He directed his first feature film, Pitfall (1962), in collaboration with…

Filmography (25)

Dream Window: Reflections on the Japanese Garden (1992)
Basara: The Princess Goh (1992)
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Rikyu (1989)
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Basara no Hana (Flowers of Extravagance)
Basara no Hana (Flowers of Extravagance) (1985)
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Antonio Gaudí (1984)
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Moving Sculpture: Jean Tinguely (1981)
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Summer Soldiers (1972)
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240 Hours in One Day (1970)
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The Man Without a Map (1968)
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Explosion Course (1967)
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The Face of Another (1966)
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Jose Torres II (1965)
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Ako (1964)
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That Tender Age (1964)
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Woman in the Dunes (1964)
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Pitfall (1962)
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Sculptures by Sofu - Vita (1962)
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Jose Torres (1959)
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Gaudi, Catalunya (1959)
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Drumu To Shonen
Drumu To Shonen (1959)
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Yurakucho 0 Street (1958)
Ryoji (Poet)
Tokyo 1958 (1958)
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Ikebana (1957)
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12 Photographers (1955)
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Hokusai (1953)
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