Soichiro Tahara Explained

is a Japanese political journalist, best known for hosting TV Asahi's Sunday Project program.

Career

Born in Shiga Prefecture, Tahara attended Waseda University and began his career at Iwanami Productions, a documentary film production company.[1] He later moved to TV Tokyo where he made a series of groundbreaking television documentaries,[2] 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, which starred Renji Ishibashi and Kaori Momoi.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tahara Sōichirō. Kotobanku. Asahi Shinbun. 23 August 2015.
  2. Book: Niwa. Yoshiyuki. Hase. Masato. Ōta. Shōichi. Terebi da yo! Zen'in shūgō. 2007. Seikyūsha. 978-4787232809. 80–103. Japanese. Dokyumentarī seishun jidai no shūen.
  3. Web site: Art Theatre Guild, an Introduction. Harvard Film Archive. 23 August 2015.