John Nathan

Películas

Teshigahara and Abe
Self
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
The Colonel Comes to Japan
Director
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 Japanese Part 3: Farm Song
narrator
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
Director
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
Producer
An hour long documentary looking at the life of the Kato family, Japanese farmers living in Miyazaki city, Miyagi prefecture
The Blind Swordsman
Director
Documentary on Zatoichi.
The Japanese Part 2: The Blind Swordsman
narrator
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
Producer
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
Director
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 1: Full Moon Lunch
Director
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
Producer
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
narrator
An hour long documentary looking at the life of the Sugiura family, fish merchants and caterers living in Tokyo.
Summer Soldiers
Screenplay
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
Pete
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.