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Hiroshi Teshigahara

Japanese film director (1927-2001)

4.07body-of-work score · ranked #271 of 2631 directors · 6 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
January 28, 1927 · Tokyo
Died
April 14, 2001 · Tokyo
Nationality
Japan, Empire of Japan
Work
film director, sculptor, potter, painter
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Hiroshi Teshigahara
桃園書房 撮影者不明 · Public domain

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

  1. 1
    The Woman in the Dunes砂の女Must-See #435

    1964 · Japan · drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 1964 #1 · Letterboxd Top 250 #28 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    1.886 citations
  2. 2
    The Face of Another他人の顔

    1966 · Japan · sci-fi, drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 1966 #5 · Letterboxd Top 250 #219 · Criterion Collection spine #395

    0.743 citations
  3. 3
    Pitfallおとし穴

    1962 · Japan · drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 1962 #7 · Criterion Collection spine #393

    0.492 citations
  4. 4
    Rikyu利休

    1989 · Japan · drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 1989 #7

    0.331 citation
  5. 5
    The Man Without a Map燃えつきた地図

    1968 · Japan

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 1968 #8

    0.321 citation
  6. 6
    Antonio Gaudiアントニー・ガウディー

    1984 · Japan · documentary

    Criterion Collection spine #425 · Sarris's annual top 10 1998 #null

    0.312 citations

Complete filmography

All 11 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.