Donald Richie
About
Biography
Filmography
Cast (Feature Film)
Writer (Feature Film)
Title Design (Feature Film)
Misc. Crew (Feature Film)
Cast (Special)
Life Events
1941
Made first film at age 17 (date approximate)
1946
First went to Japan as a civilian clerk-typist for the US government
1949
Returned to US to complete an English degree at Columbia University
1953
Returned to Japan soon after the end of the US Occupation
1953
Early feature credit for English subtitles, "Gan/The Mistress"
1954
Lectured in American Literature at Waseda University in Tokyo (date approximate)
1959
Published "The Japanese Film" (co-authored with Joseph L. Anderson), his first book on the Japanese film industry
1960
Served as the narrator and translator when the Kubuki toured the US
1970
Designed and presented a massive retrospective at MOMA entitled "The Japanese Film"
1974
"Ozu", a book-length study of the career and films of Japanese master Yasujiro Ozu, published by the University of California Press
1989
Acted in the Japanese historical drama "Rikyu"
1991
Scripted (from his book) and narrated the documentary feature "The Inland Sea"
