Shūji Terayama

CrewWriterActorDirectorEditor Dec 10 (died age 47) Aomori, Japan 1960–2021 (61 year career)

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Shūji Terayama (December 10, 1935 – May 4, 1983) was an avant-garde Japanese poet, dramatist, writer, film director, and photographer. According to many critics and supporters, he was one of the most productive and provocative creative artists to come out of Japan. He was born December 10, 1935, the only son of Hachiro and Hatsu Terayama in Hirosaki city in the northern Japanese prefecture of Aomori. His father died at the end of Pacific War in Indonesia i…

Known For

Film

Pastoral: To Die in the Country

Director

Film

Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets

Director

Film

Tomorrow's Joe

Lyricist

Film

Grass Labyrinth

Director

Film

Nanami: The Inferno of First Love

Writer

Film

Fruits of Passion

Director

Film

Farewell to the Ark

Director

Film

Private Collections

Director

Filmography

Acting (6)

Movies (6)

Where is Tomorrow, Shuji Terayama

2017

as Himself (archive footage)

Video Letter

1983

as Self

8.2

Children of the Gods

1978

as Himself

Catalog of Memory

1977

as himself

JRA CM

1973

as Himself

Pretty Devil Yoko

1966

as Imura

3.3

Crew (80)

Movies (79)

海王星

Creator

Wilderness: Part 1

Novel

Wilderness: Part 2

Novel

Lemming

Writer

On the Far Side of Twilight

1994

Original Story

The Experimental Image World of Shuji Terayama

1993

Director

The Experimental Image World of Shuji Terayama

1993

Writer

Our Age Comes Riding on a Circus Elephant

1984

Writer

Farewell to the Ark

Director

Farewell to the Ark

Screenplay

The Hunchback of Aomori

1983

Writer

La Marie-vison

1983

Writer

Video Letter

Cinematography

Video Letter

Director

Video Letter

Editor

Video Letter

Writer

The Lemmings

Director

The Lemmings

1983

Writer

Fruits of Passion

Director

Fruits of Passion

Writer

100 Years of Solitude

1981

Director

A Tale of Africa

Writer

Grass Labyrinth

Director

Grass Labyrinth

Screenplay

Private Collections

Director

Private Collections

Screenplay

Third Base

Writer

Shintokumaru

Director

Shintokumaru

1978

Writer

An Attempt to Describe the Measure of a Man

1978

Director

1.0

An Attempt to Describe the Measure of a Man

1978

Screenplay

1.0

Directions to Servants

1978

Director

Directions to Servants

1978

Writer

Les chants de Maldoror

1978

Director

6.4

Les chants de Maldoror

Writer

Boxer

Director

Boxer

Screenplay

The Reading Machine

Director

The Reading Machine

Screenplay

The Woman with Two Heads

1977

Director

4.4

The Woman with Two Heads

Screenplay

The Eraser

Director

The Eraser

Screenplay

Father

Director

Smallpox Tale

Director

Smallpox Tale

Screenplay

The Trial

Director

The Trial

Screenplay

Labyrinth Tale

Director

Labyrinth Tale

Script

Butterfly

Director

Butterfly

Writer

Pastoral: To Die in the Country

1974

Director

7.4

Pastoral: To Die in the Country

1974

Producer

7.4

Pastoral: To Die in the Country

1974

Writer

7.4

Young Person's Guide to Cinema

1974

Director

4.5

Young Person's Guide to Cinema

Screenplay

Laura

Director

JRA CM

Director

Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets

1971

Director

7.3

Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets

1971

Producer

7.3

Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets

1971

Writer

7.3

Emperor Tomato Ketchup

1971

Director

5.4

Emperor Tomato Ketchup

1971

Editor

5.4

Emperor Tomato Ketchup

1971

Music

5.4

Emperor Tomato Ketchup

1971

Writer

5.4

The War of Jan-Ken-Pon

1971

Director

9.0

The War of Jan-Ken-Pon

1971

Writer

9.0

The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan

1970

Writer

6.8

Nanami: The Inferno of First Love

Writer

Mothers

Poem

The Cage

Director

The Cage

Screenplay

A Flame at the Pier

Screenplay

Epitaph to My Love

Screenplay

Killers on Parade

Writer

Get 'em All

Screenplay

Youth in Fury

Screenplay

Catology

Director

Television (1)

Tomorrow's Joe

1970

Lyricist

7.7