Tetsuji Takechi
Directing
December 10, 1912
Died July 26, 1988 (75 years old)
Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
3
Acting Credits
16
Directed
Biography
Tetsuji Takechi (武智 鉄二, Takechi Tetsuji; 10 December 1912 – 26 July 1988) was a Japanese theatrical and film director, critic, and author. First coming to prominence for his theatrical criticism, in the 1940s and 1950s he produced influential and popular experimental kabuki plays. Beginning in the mid-1950s, he continued his innovative theatrical work in noh, kyōgen and modern theater. In late 1956 and early 1957 he hosted a popular TV program, The Tetsuji Takechi Hour, which featured his reinte...
