He was the son of Sofu Teshigahara, founder and grand master of the Sogetsu School of ikebana, and he followed in his father’s footsteps to become grand master himself. Despite these responsibilities he was also a filmmaker of reknown. He graduated in 1950 from the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music and began working in documentary film, some of them covering ikebana. He is best known for his three films, Pitfall (1962), Woman in the Dunes (1964), and The Face of Another (1966). The three were released alongside a collection of short films on a now out of print box set by Criterion. Other than that, fans in the UK will have to buy other OOP DVDs to see his films.