Shūji Terayama
December 10, 1935 · 90 years old
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 J…
Known For
5 titles
Pastoral: To Die in the Country
A young boys' coming of age tale set in a strange, carnivalesque village becomes the recreation of a memory that the director has twenty years later.
Fruits of Passion
A girl loves an older man. He demands that she goes in a brothel, as evidence that she loves him.
Grass Labyrinth
A young man, haunted by his past, travels the land in search of the lyrics to a lullaby his mother used to sing to him.
Farewell to the Ark
A surreal, isolated village sees its inhabitants gradually leave behind their mutual traditions and superstitions as they leave for the city. Among them are two cousins who love each other and who get into a quarrel with other vil...
Dry Lake
An alienated young man flirts with extremism during a major student protest.