Donald Richie

Biography

Donald Richie was an American-born author who wrote about the Japanese people, the culture of Japan, and especially Japanese cinema. Although he considered himself primarily a film historian, Richie also directed a number of experimental films. (Wikipedia)

Directed

1. Cybele: A Pastoral Ritual in Five Scenes (1969) — Director
2. Five Filosophical Fables (1967) — Director
3. Boy with Cat (1966) — Director
4. Dead Youth (1967) — Director
5. Atami Blues (1962) — Director
6. Wargames (1962) — Director
7. Life Eternal — Director
8. Stillness—Suspension—Motion — Director
9. Life Life Life (1953) — Director
10. Sacrifice (1959) — Director
11. Life (1964) — Director
12. Futari (1963) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Emotion (1966) — Narrator (voice)
2. Rikyu (1989) — Priest
3. Tokyo 1958 (1958)
4. I Lived, But... (1983) — Self
5. The Inland Sea (1991) — Narrator (voice)
6. Kurosawa: The Last Emperor (1999) — Self
7. Kurosawa (2000) — Self
8. A Zen Life: D.T. Suzuki (2006) — Self
9. Under the Skin (2002) — Himself
10. Seven Samurai: Origins and Influences (2006) — Self
11. Teshigahara and Abe (2007) — Self
12. The Man Who Left His Soul on Film (1983)