Soichiro Tahara (田原 総一朗, Tahara Sōichirō, born 15 April 1934) is a Japanese political journalist, best known for hosting TV Asahi's Sunday Project program.
Soichiro Tahara | |
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田原 総一朗 | |
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| Born | April 15, 1934 Shiga, Japan |
| Occupation | Journalist |
Career
editThe turning point in Tahara's life came in the summer of 1945. Up until then, he had been taught that Japan was fighting a just war. However, when he returned to school after summer vacation, his teacher started saying the exact opposite: "Japan fought a war of aggression that it should never have fought." This made him question everything he had been taught up to that point. "What was all that I had been taught until now? I can’t trust my teachers, the newspapers, or the radio." This experience became the impetus for him to pursue a career in journalism.[1] Tahara attended Waseda University and began his career at Iwanami Productions, a documentary film production company.[2] He later moved to TV Tokyo where he made a series of groundbreaking television documentaries,[3] 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.[4]
"Asa Made Nama Televi! (Live TV Until Morning!)," which began in 1987, is a television program where experts engage in discussions from late at night until morning. Tahara continues to serve as the host of this program to this day.[5]
References
edit- ^ "戦争中と180度違うことを力説する教師にショックを受ける。". Tsuhan Seikatsu. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
- ^ "Tahara Sōichirō". Kotobanku. Asahi Shinbun. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
- ^ Niwa, Yoshiyuki (2007). "Dokyumentarī seishun jidai no shūen". In Hase, Masato; Ōta, Shōichi (eds.). Terebi da yo! Zen'in shūgō (in Japanese). Seikyūsha. pp. 80–103. ISBN 978-4787232809.
- ^ "Art Theatre Guild, an Introduction". Harvard Film Archive. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
- ^ "テレ朝「朝まで生テレビ！」地上波での放送終了 昭和から37年半の歴史に区切り 10月からはBSで". Sponichi. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
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