is a Japanese
political journalist, best known for hosting TV Asahi's ''
Sunday Project'' program.
Career
Born in
Shiga Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Shiga Prefecture has a population of 1,412,916 (1 October 2015) and has a geographic area of . Shiga Prefecture borders Fukui Prefecture to the north, Gifu Prefecture to the northe ...
, Tahara attended
Waseda University
, mottoeng = Independence of scholarship
, established = 21 October 1882
, type = Private
, endowment =
, president = Aiji Tanaka
, city = Shinjuku
, state = Tokyo
, country = Japan
, students = 47,959
, undergrad = 39,382
, postgrad ...
and began his career at
Iwanami Productions, a documentary film production company.
He later moved to
TV Tokyo
JOTX-DTV (channel 7), branded as and known colloquially as , is a television station headquartered in the Sumitomo Fudosan Roppongi Grand Tower in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan, owned and operated by the subsidiary of listed certified ...
where he made a series of groundbreaking television documentaries,
before turning freelance in 1976.
In 1971, he co-directed with
Kunio Shimizu the fiction film ''Lost Lovers'' (Arakajime Ushinawareta Koibitotachi yo) for
Art Theatre Guild Art Theatre Guild (ATG) was a film production company in Japan that started in 1961 and ran through to the mid-1980s, releasing mostly Japanese New Wave and arthouse films.
History
ATG began as an independent agency which distributed foreign film ...
, which starred
Renji Ishibashi
, born is a Japanese actor. He won the award for best supporting actor at the 15th Hochi Film Award
The are film-specific prizes awarded by the ''Hochi Shimbun
, previously known as , is a Japanese-language daily sports newspaper. In 2002 ...
and
Kaori Momoi
is a Japanese actress.
Life and career
Momoi was born in Tokyo, Japan. At the age of 12, she traveled to London to study dance at the Royal Ballet Academy. After 3 years, she returned to Tokyo. She graduated from Japan's Bungakuza School of ...
.
References
External links
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Japanese television journalists
Japanese documentary filmmakers
Waseda University alumni
People from Shiga Prefecture
1934 births
Living people
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