FILM DIRECTOR

Hiroshi Teshigahara

1927 - 2001

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Hiroshi Teshigahara (勅使河原 宏, Teshigahara Hiroshi; January 28, 1927 – April 14, 2001) 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 (Summer Soldiers, 1972), and Pitfall (1962), which was Teshigahara's directorial debut. He has been called "one of the most acclaimed Japanese directors of all time". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hiroshi Teshigahara is the 501st most popular film director (down from 462nd in 2019), the 814th most popular biography from Japan (down from 702nd in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Japanese Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Hiroshi Teshigahara ranks 501 out of 2,041. Before him are Umberto Lenzi, Sam Wood, Yves Allégret, Mauro Bolognini, Richard Lester, and Takashi Miike. After him are Nick Castle, Elio Petri, Hiroshi Inagaki, J. J. Abrams, Vicente Aranda, and Clarence Brown.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Hiroshi Teshigahara ranks 161. Before him are Varkey Vithayathil, Carl Switzer, Gerry Mulligan, Neil Simon, Mikhail Ulyanov, and Martha Chase. After him are Marcel Ophüls, Joan Segarra, Martin Walser, Gae Aulenti, Yutaka Taniyama, and Giuseppe Moioli. Among people deceased in 2001, Hiroshi Teshigahara ranks 104. Before him are Ilie Verdeț, Helge Ingstad, Katharine Graham, Mauro Bolognini, Hilde Holger, and Ninette de Valois. After him are Isao Inokuma, Stelios Kazantzidis, Paul Vanden Boeynants, Richard Wurmbrand, Adhemar da Silva, and Henri Alekan.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hiroshi Teshigahara ranks 814 out of 6,245. Before him are Sanae Mishima (1957), Nobuo Fujishima (1950), Okakura Kakuzō (1862), Takashi Miike (1960), Ōmura Sumitada (1533), and Atsuko Ikeda (1931). After him are Isao Inokuma (1938), Chieko Hase (1956), Tadashi Yanai (1949), Donald Tsang (1944), Isamu Chō (1895), and Toshi Ichiyanagi (1933).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Japan

Among film directors born in Japan, Hiroshi Teshigahara ranks 23. Before him are Ishirō Honda (1911), Hirokazu Kore-eda (1962), Mikio Naruse (1905), Kon Ichikawa (1915), Yoshiyuki Tomino (1941), and Takashi Miike (1960). After him are Hiroshi Inagaki (1905), Gorō Miyazaki (1967), Osamu Dezaki (1943), Seijun Suzuki (1923), Kaneto Shindo (1912), and Yoshiaki Kawajiri (1950).

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