Movies: John Nathan

  • 1972
    Summer Soldiers

    Summer Soldiers (1972)

    Summer Soldiers

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    The plight of U.S. Army deserters from Vietnam on the run in Japan, centering on the culture clash between the troubled Americans and the Japanese who try to help him....

    Summer Soldiers
  • 1978
    The Blind Swordsman

    The Blind Swordsman (1978)

    The Blind Swordsman

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    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 Blind Swordsman
  • 2007
    Teshigahara and Abe

    Teshigahara and Abe (2007)

    Teshigahara and Abe

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    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 scre...

    Teshigahara and Abe
  • 1978
    The Japanese Part 3: Farm Song

    The Japanese Part 3: Farm Song (1978)

    The Japanese Part 3: Farm Song

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    An hour long documentary looking at the life of the Kato family, Japanese farmers living in Miyazaki city, Miyagi prefecture...

    The Japanese Part 3: Farm Song
  • 1981
    The Colonel Comes to Japan

    The Colonel Comes to Japan (1981)

    The Colonel Comes to Japan

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    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 ...

    The Colonel Comes to Japan
  • 1976
    The Japanese Part 1: Full Moon Lunch

    The Japanese Part 1: Full Moon Lunch (1976)

    The Japanese Part 1: Full Moon Lunch

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    An hour long documentary looking at the life of the Sugiura family, fish merchants and caterers living in Tokyo....

    The Japanese Part 1: Full Moon Lunch