Making Ryan's Daughter - Paul Benedict Rowan Filmmaking a study of the destructiveness

a study of the destructiveness of sexual desire and — filmed within a claustrophobic sea of grass — one of the most striking and unique films of Japan’s last half-century

Using Chaplin’s old Hollywood studios in 1920

Melancholic comedy/satire

In 1870 the Japanese ambassador and his entourage travel by train to Washington to deliver a valuable sword to the President of the United States

Making Ryan's Daughter - Paul Benedict Rowan Filmmaking a study of the destructiveness'Making Ryan's Daughter: The Myths, Madness and Mastery' by Paul Benedict Rowan (New Island Books 338 page paperback) Painstakingly researched over fifteen years, with in depth, one on one interviews with major cast and crew members, Making Ryans Daughter charts the tumultuous filming of one of Irelands most iconic pieces of cinema.