Nov. 10th(thu) at 7:00pm
at cafe&gallery ETW

Thank you so much for coming to this event. It turned out such a great event as we produced ever.
We are now looking for someone who can write a REVIEW of this event. We want to put your review on here. I cannot write since i could not listening most of his reading. those who wants to do, please give us an e-mail!

and Rochie's books are now AVAILABLE at GREEN E BOOKS with his autograph!⇒Check his Books!

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DONALD RICHIE has lived in Japan since 1947, and the author of some thirty books about Japan, Zen Inklings, Different People, The Temples of Kyoto, The Japanese Film-Art and Industry (with Joseph Anderson), The Films of Akira Kurosawa, Ozu, and A Hundred Years of Japanese Film. Interested in film, books, art, and music, he got to meet (and write in his Journals about) scores of Japanese luminaries, among them authors Yasunari Kawabata and Yukio Mishima, Zen philosopher D. T. Suzuki, composer Toru Takemitsu, Kabuki actor Tamasaburo Bando, and directors Yasujiro Ozu, Akira Kurosawa, and Nagisa Oshima. "Donald Richie is the Lafcadio Hearn of our time, a subtle, stylish, and deceptively lucid medium between two cultures that confuse one another: the Japanese and the American." TOM WOLFE "One of his era's most influential and ubiquitous writers on Japan."
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Customer Reviews

Reviewer: Gary Bloom

Seeing Donald Richie at this event was a real treat. His recollections of influential people he's met over his half century or so in Japan are entertaining and illuminating. But what really set this event apart for me was the chance to hear his experiences as someone who keeps a journal, and who takes great pleasure in using it to see connections between what at a glance would appear to be disconnected events, and then records those observations. Not only does he celebrate the celebrated, but he also has taken the time to see and write about everyday moments and ordinary people and to bring meaning to the mundane. His talent and discipline and genuine interest in people and the human condition all shined through in this event, and made for an inspiring evening with a man who has seen so much and taken the time to record it with such eloquence. A big thanks to the folks at Greenebooks for helping to make this happen. Being able to listen to and meet Mr. Richie in such a small space made for a special evening. I was lucky to get a seat, but others had to stand. I wondered why the space up front where the sofa is wasn't put to better use for this evening; with some rearranging of furniture and the addition of some chairs beyond what the cafe usually has, it could have been even more comfortable for more people in the packed crowd. A minor point, really. The staff and Mr. Richie were all warm and welcoming and this was one event I was glad I didn't miss!