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context: movies > directors
Hiroshi Teshigahara, 1927-2001
Another director who started as part of the 'nuberu bagu' (see Oshima, link below). His first feature (after some experimental shorts) was Pitfall, in 1962. It was written by the distinguished novelist Kobo Abe, as were most of his, including Woman in the Dunes, his biggest arthouse hit in the West. Teshigahara was made a Living National Treasure (vaguely like the French Chevalier title - which he was also given), partly for his movies, but he also directed plays and operas, started a ceramics kiln, built a tea house and taught flower arranging. This broad aestheticism perhaps feeds into the beauty of his films, perhaps especially the cinematography; but also, he got potent, evocative stories from Abe in particular. My favourite of his: