Donald Richie was an American-born author who wrote about the Japanese people, the culture of Japan, and especially Japanese cinema. Although he considered himself primarily a film historian, Richie also directed a number of experimental films. (Wikipedia)
Rikyu
1989
I Lived, But...
1983
Kurosawa: The Last Emperor
1999
Tokyo 1958
1958
Kurosawa
2000
The Man Who Left His Soul on Film
1983
The Inland Sea
1991
Emotion
1966
Seven Samurai: Origins and Influences
2006
Under the Skin
2002
Teshigahara and Abe
2007