Soichiro Tahara

Soichiro Tahara
田原 総一朗
Born (1934-04-15) April 15, 1934 (age 90)
Shiga, Japan
OccupationJournalist

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.

Career

The 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

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "Tahara Sōichirō". Kotobanku. Asahi Shinbun. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Art Theatre Guild, an Introduction". Harvard Film Archive. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  5. ^ "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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