1927 - 2001
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. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hiroshi Teshigahara has received more than 246,518 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Hiroshi Teshigahara is the 465th most popular film director (up from 491st in 2019), the 678th most popular biography from Japan (up from 728th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Japanese Film Director.
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Among film directors, Hiroshi Teshigahara ranks 465 out of 1,581. Before him are Susanne Bier, Louis Feuillade, Nadine Trintignant, Veljko Bulajić, Fernando Solanas, and André Téchiné. After him are Paul W. S. Anderson, Roland Joffé, Umberto Lenzi, Jacques Deray, Nicolas Roeg, and John Lasseter.
1960 - Present
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 459
1873 - 1925
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 460
1934 - Present
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 461
1928 - Present
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 462
1936 - 2020
HPI: 54.09
Rank: 463
1943 - Present
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 464
1927 - 2001
HPI: 54.05
Rank: 465
1965 - Present
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 466
1945 - Present
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 467
1931 - 2017
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 468
1929 - 2003
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 469
1928 - 2018
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 470
1957 - Present
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 471
Among people born in 1927, Hiroshi Teshigahara ranks 130. Before him are Carlos José Castilho, Laura Betti, Hans Schäfer, Coretta Scott King, Bernard Vukas, and Vladimir Ilyushin. After him are Al Martino, Patti Page, Paul Volcker, Gae Aulenti, Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten, and Neil Simon. Among people deceased in 2001, Hiroshi Teshigahara ranks 90. Before him are Renato Carosone, Michel Marcel Navratil, Indro Montanelli, Juan Bosch, Richard Wurmbrand, and Bill Hewlett. After him are Alexei Tupolev, Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, Víctor Paz Estenssoro, Mauro Bolognini, Mortimer J. Adler, and Kristina Söderbaum.
1927 - 1987
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 124
1927 - 2004
HPI: 54.34
Rank: 125
1927 - 2017
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 126
1927 - 2006
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 127
1927 - 1983
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 128
1927 - 2010
HPI: 54.23
Rank: 129
1927 - 2001
HPI: 54.05
Rank: 130
1927 - 2009
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 131
1927 - 2013
HPI: 53.88
Rank: 132
1927 - 2019
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 133
1927 - 2012
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 134
1927 - 1977
HPI: 53.64
Rank: 135
1927 - 2018
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 136
1920 - 2001
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 84
1908 - 2001
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 85
1909 - 2001
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 86
1909 - 2001
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 87
1909 - 2001
HPI: 54.14
Rank: 88
1913 - 2001
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 89
1927 - 2001
HPI: 54.05
Rank: 90
1925 - 2001
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 91
1943 - 2001
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 92
1907 - 2001
HPI: 53.54
Rank: 93
1922 - 2001
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 94
1902 - 2001
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 95
1912 - 2001
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 96
Among people born in Japan, Hiroshi Teshigahara ranks 678 out of 6,048. Before him are Inoue Kaoru (1836), Shigeko Higashikuni (1925), Yuki Fushimi (1950), Soga no Umako (551), Ii Naosuke (1815), and Yasuo Haruyama (1906). After him are Kazu Naoki (1918), Ueda Akinari (1734), Motobu Chōki (1870), Yoshitaka Amano (1952), Hōnen (1133), and Nagakura Shinpachi (1839).
1836 - 1915
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 672
1925 - 1961
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 673
1950 - Present
HPI: 54.09
Rank: 674
551 - 626
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 675
1815 - 1860
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 676
1906 - 1987
HPI: 54.05
Rank: 677
1927 - 2001
HPI: 54.05
Rank: 678
1918 - 1944
HPI: 54.05
Rank: 679
1734 - 1809
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 680
1870 - 1944
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 681
1952 - Present
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 682
1133 - 1212
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 683
1839 - 1915
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 684
Among film directors born in Japan, Hiroshi Teshigahara ranks 24. Before him are Kaneto Shindo (1912), Hirokazu Kore-eda (1962), Hiroshi Inagaki (1905), Kon Ichikawa (1915), Yoshiyuki Tomino (1941), and Takashi Miike (1960). After him are Seijun Suzuki (1923), Kiyoshi Kurosawa (1955), Mamoru Hosoda (1967), Yoji Yamada (1931), Osamu Dezaki (1943), and Juzo Itami (1933).
1912 - 2012
HPI: 55.25
Rank: 18
1962 - Present
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 19
1905 - 1980
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 20
1915 - 2008
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 21
1941 - Present
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 22
1960 - Present
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 23
1927 - 2001
HPI: 54.05
Rank: 24
1923 - 2017
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 25
1955 - Present
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 26
1967 - Present
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 27
1931 - Present
HPI: 53.18
Rank: 28
1943 - 2011
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 29
1933 - 1997
HPI: 52.22
Rank: 30