John Nathan
2021The Japanese Part 2: The Blind Swordsman
John Nathan
Shintarō Katsu, John Nathan
A documentary about the character created for a series of Japanese films starring Shintaro Katsu. There are behind-the-scenes interviews on the set of the subsequent television series featuring the character.
The Japanese Part 2: The Blind Swordsman
Teshigahara and Abe
Donald Richie, Tadao Sato
A 2007 documentary examining the collaboration between Teshigahara and novelist Kobo Abe, featuring interviews with film scholars Donald Richie and Tadao Sato, film programmer Richard Peña, set designer Arata Isozaki, producer Noriko Nomura, and screenwriter John Nathan
Teshigahara and Abe
The Blind Swordsman
John Nathan
Shintarō Katsu, Mitsuko Baisho
Directed by filmmaker and Japanese-culture scholar John Nathan, this documentary from 1978 takes a candid and unvarnished look at the professional and personal life of Shintaro Katsu, the star of the ZATOICHI series.
The Blind Swordsman
The Colonel Comes to Japan
John Nathan
Eric Sevareid
It seems highly unlikely that Colonel Sanders ever thought that he would be selling his Kentucky Fried Chicken to the Japanese, but Kentucky Fried Chicken, Japan, Inc. is doing just that, and doing it successfully. The company, headed by an American director and staffed by the Japanese, has raised the business of fast-food retailing to an art. Here West meets East as the Japanese are shown how to prepare the product and the Americans are introduced to the fine art of Japanese business. –cte.uw.edu
The Colonel Comes to Japan
