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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hiroshi Teshigahara has received more than 143,255 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Hiroshi Teshigahara is the 490th most popular film director, the 728th most popular biography from Japan and the 25th most popular Japanese Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Hiroshi Teshigahara ranks 490 out of 1,580. Before him are Kira Muratova, Alessandro Blasetti, Marcel L'Herbier, Claude Autant-Lara, André Cayatte, and Alberto Cavalcanti. After him are Norman Taurog, M. Night Shyamalan, Jacques Doillon, Patrice Leconte, Gérard Oury, and Stuart Gordon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Hiroshi Teshigahara ranks 149. Before him are Marianne Fredriksson, Vladimir Shatalov, Bernard Vukas, Josy Barthel, Franciszek Macharski, and Roger Walkowiak. After him are Yutaka Taniyama, Carlos Romero, Vladimir Ilyushin, Mikhail Ulyanov, Kenneth Anger, and Albert Zafy. Among people deceased in 2001, Hiroshi Teshigahara ranks 95. Before him are Víctor Paz Estenssoro, Hannelore Kohl, Kristina Söderbaum, Paul Vanden Boeynants, Beatrice Straight, and Beate Uhse-Rotermund. After him are Anna Mani, Mauro Bolognini, Helge Ingstad, Mirza Delibašić, Alexei Tupolev, and Hilde Holger.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hiroshi Teshigahara ranks 728 out of 5,560. Before him are Yoshitaka Amano (1952), Shintaro Katsu (1931), Goro Yamada (1894), Tasuku Honjo (1942), Minoru Kobata (1946), and Mari Miyamoto (1950). After him are Itagaki Taisuke (1837), Takasugi Shinsaku (1839), Mikimoto Kōkichi (1858), Yutaka Taniyama (1927), Shigenori Tōgō (1882), and Shigeru Kayano (1926).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Japan

Among film directors born in Japan, Hiroshi Teshigahara ranks 25. Before him are Hirokazu Kore-eda (1962), Kaneto Shindo (1912), Yoji Yamada (1931), Hiroshi Inagaki (1905), Seijun Suzuki (1923), and Takashi Miike (1960). After him are Kiyoshi Kurosawa (1955), Osamu Dezaki (1943), Keisuke Kinoshita (1912), Gorō Miyazaki (1967), Yoshiaki Kawajiri (1950), and Mamoru Hosoda (1967).

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Filmography

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