Hiroshi Teshigahara Movies

  • 1958
    Tokyo 1958

    Tokyo 1958

    Tokyo 1958

    6.21958HD

    A collaborative, newsreel-style portrait of Tokyo in 1957–58, blending photography, animation, and historical imagery to capture the...

    Tokyo 1958
  • 1959
    Jose Torres

    Jose Torres

    Jose Torres

    7.91959HD

    A documentary about the eponymous Puerto Rican boxer

    Jose Torres
  • 1970
    240 Hours in One Day

    240 Hours in One Day

    240 Hours in One Day

    01970HD

    Commissioned for the 1970 Osaka Expo and originally shown on a four projection system at the spherical Automobile Pavilion. Set in a near future,...

    240 Hours in One Day
  • 1957
    The World Is Terrified: The Reality of the “Ash of Death”

    The World Is Terrified: The Reality of the “Ash of Death”

    The World Is Terrified: The Reality of the “Ash of Death”

    01957HD

    At a time when the USSR and the USA fervently vied to develop nuclear arms, the mass media buzzed with terms inspired by nuclear testing on Bikini...

    The World Is Terrified: The Reality of the “Ash of Death”
  • 1956
    It Is Good to Live

    It Is Good to Live

    It Is Good to Live

    61956HD

    One of the first documentaries to focus on the aftermath of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the film gives voice to survivors of the atomic bombings and...

    It Is Good to Live
  • 1959
    Drumu To Shonen

    Drumu To Shonen

    Drumu To Shonen

    01959HD

    Tokyo in the 1950s. A jazz-loving younger sister attends piano lessons, while her older brother is obsessed with drumming. The two discover the joy...

    Drumu To Shonen
  • 1958
    Living in a Rough Sea

    Living in a Rough Sea

    Living in a Rough Sea

    01958HD

    The inhabitants of Cape Muroto in Kochi Prefecture depend on fishing for their living, but have no fishing port in their village and so use the port...

    Living in a Rough Sea
  • 1958
    The Living Sea

    The Living Sea

    The Living Sea

    01958HD

    Marine biological documentary

    The Living Sea
  • 1955
    12 Photographers

    12 Photographers

    12 Photographers

    01955HD

    Documentary on photography with the participation of twelve globally famous Japanese photographers.

    12 Photographers
  • 1959
    Gaudi, Catalunya

    Gaudi, Catalunya

    Gaudi, Catalunya

    01959HD

    In 1959 Hiroshi Teshigahara shot the following 16 mm footage of he and his father’s first trip to Barcelona and the outlying Catalonian...

    Gaudi, Catalunya
  • 1955
    Wheat Will Never Fall

    Wheat Will Never Fall

    Wheat Will Never Fall

    01955HD

    Follow-up to 'The People of Sunagawa'

    Wheat Will Never Fall