Bibliograph

Three films by Hiroshi Teshigahara, the supplements, Janus Films ; Toho ; Sogetsu Foundation

Type

Label

Three films by Hiroshi Teshigahara, the supplements, Janus Films ; Toho ; Sogetsu Foundation

Language

jpn

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

Not rated

Main title

Three films by Hiroshi Teshigahara

Medium

videorecording

Oclc number

156928806

Responsibility statement

Janus Films ; Toho ; Sogetsu Foundation

Runtime

152

Series statement

The Criterion collection

Sub title

the supplements

Summary

"Teshigahara and Abe" is about the collaboration between director Hiroshi Teshigahara and author/screenwriter Kōbō Abe, which includes exclusive video interviews with film programmer and professor Richard Peña, Japanese-film scholars Donald Richie and Tadao Sato, set designer Arata Isozaki, screenwriter John Nathan, and producer Noriko Nomura ; "Hokusai" explores the work of wood-block artist Katsushika Hokusai ; "Ikebana" is a documentary about the Sogetsu School, originally renowned for its instruction in the art of flower arranging, and its founder and grand master, his father, Sofu Teshigahara ; "Tokyo 1958" is a portrait of the people and culture ; "Ako,", a film depicting one night in the life of a young girl and her rowdy friends, was commissioned by the National Film Board of Canada

Technique

live action

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SupplementsSupplements to Three films by Hiroshi Teshigahara

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