Donald Richie Movies
- 1989
Rikyu
Rikyu7.51989HD
Late in the 1500s, an aging tea master teaches the way of tea to a headstrong Shogun. Through force of will and courageous fighting, Hideyoshi...
- 1983
I Lived, But...
I Lived, But...6.51983HD
An extremely lovely tribute to Ozu, on the 20th anniversary of his death. It uses a combination of footage from vintage films and new material (both...
- 2000
Kurosawa
Kurosawa6.72000HD
Documentary on film maker Akira Kurosawa
- 1966
Emotion
Emotion6.71966HD
Experimental short film depicting the life, perhaps real, perhaps a dream, of a young girl named Emi. Emi travels to the city where she encounters...
- 1991
The Inland Sea
The Inland Sea6.71991HD
In 1971, author and film scholar Donald Richie published a poetic travelogue about his explorations of the islands of Japan’s Inland Sea,...
- 1958
Tokyo 1958
Tokyo 19586.21958HD
Eight filmmakers collaborate with Teshigahara to create a "frantic, non-stop pop newsreel". Mixing cutout animation with color and black & white...
- 1999
Kurosawa: The Last Emperor
Kurosawa: The Last Emperor5.51999HD
A profile and history of film director Akira Kurosawa.
- 1983
The Man Who Left His Soul on Film
The Man Who Left His Soul on Film01983HD
Documentary about Nagisa Oshima. It includes interviews with Oshima, Donald Richie, Roger Pulvers and Paul Mayersberg
- 2002
Under the Skin
Under the Skin12002HD
A documentary on sixties counterculture in Japan featuring Donald Richie, Tadanori Yokoo, Masao Adachi, Koji Wakamatsu, Toshio Matsumoto and Akaji...
- 2006
A Zen Life: D.T. Suzuki
A Zen Life: D.T. Suzuki7.72006HD
Using rare archival footage and interviews with noted artists, philosophers, and scholars such as Huston Smith, this film examines the life and...
- 2006
Seven Samurai: Origins and Influences
Seven Samurai: Origins and Influences102006HD
Seven Samurai: Origins and Influences, a documentary looking at the samurai traditions and films that helped shape Kurosawa's masterpiece
- 1962
Atami Blues
Atami Blues7.41962HD
A young woman arrives at a resort and is soon pursued by a young man. Initially, he appears to be infatuated with her, but it becomes clear he simply...
- 1967
Dead Youth
Dead Youth7.21967HD
The homoerotic poetry of Mutsuo Takahashi sets the stage for these associated images based on male desire.
- 1969
Cybele: A Pastoral Ritual in Five Scenes
Cybele: A Pastoral Ritual in Five Scenes4.61969HD
A documentary of an avant-garde theatre performance, presents an orgiastic rite of sex, degradation, and bloody sacrifice, performed by Zero-Jigen.
- 1959
Sacrifice
Sacrifice01959HD
Filmed only a few months after Tatsumi Hijikata’s first explosive public butoh performance, “Gisei” features Hijikata and members...
- 1966
Boy with Cat
Boy with Cat7.21966HD
A cat's inquisitive look interferes with the pleasurable sensations of a boy while masturbating.
- 1962
Wargames
Wargames5.71962HD
A group of boys playing near the seashore in Tokyo find a goat, kill it in a tug of war for ownership, bury it with ceremony, and, except for one...
- 1967
Five Filosophical Fables
Five Filosophical Fables71967HD
Donald Richie’s classic is, in the words of Yukio Mishima, an outrageous farce, and a pitiless indictment of all our false ‘human’...
- 2007
Teshigahara and Abe
Teshigahara and Abe62007HD
A 2007 documentary examining the collaboration between Teshigahara and novelist Kobo Abe, featuring interviews with film scholars Donald Richie and...
- 1963
Futari
Futari01963HD
Love affair between an older European woman and a younger Japanese man.