Directing
Shūji Terayama
- Titles
- 55movies1TV show
- Career
Active from 1960 to 2021, with a break from 1994 to 2012, busiest in 1977 and 1978 with 5 main titles each.
- Directed
- 31titles as director
- Average score
65/100
- Highest rated
Pastoral: To Die in the Country80/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 12 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Coming of Age6.3average 3.0
- Uncanny5.2average 2.5
- Class & Capitalism5.8average 3.3
- Eroticism4.2average 1.8
- Absurdist Humor4.3average 2.0
- Melancholy6.6average 4.7
- Social Commentary6.9average 4.9
- Psychological7.5average 5.6
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism3.3, average 5.4
- Wholesome1.6, average 3.3
- Situational Comedy1.1, average 2.7
- Wit & Wordplay2.5, average 3.7
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 5
- Avant-Garde 4
- Visually Striking 3
- Prostitution 2
- Melancholic Tone 2
- Boxing Drama 2
- Near-Future Tokyo 2
- Japanese New Wave 2
- Experimental Film 2
- Japanese Cinema 2
- Japanese New Wave Cinema 2
- Dream Logic 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Tatsuo SuzukiCinematographerFruits of Passion, Farewell to the Ark, Pastoral: To Die in the Country, The Boxer, Grass Labyrinth, +8 more
Keiko NiitakaActorFruits of Passion, Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets, Farewell to the Ark, Pastoral: To Die in the Country, The Boxer, +2 more
J.A. SeazerActorFruits of Passion, Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets, Farewell to the Ark, Pastoral: To Die in the Country, The Boxer, +2 more
Rio KishidaWriterFruits of Passion, Farewell to the Ark, The Boxer, Grass Labyrinth, Private Collections, +2 more
Masahiro ShinodaDirectorThe Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan, Youth in Fury, A Flame at the Pier, Killers on Parade, Epitaph to My Love
Tomoyo OshimaEditorGrass Labyrinth, Private Collections, Butterfly, The Trial, Labyrinth Tale
Shima IwashitaActorThe Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan, Youth in Fury, Killers on Parade, Epitaph to My Love- MMasao KosugiCinematographerYouth in Fury, A Flame at the Pier, Killers on Parade, Epitaph to My Love
Fumio WatanabeActorThe Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan, Killers on Parade, Epitaph to My Love
Tōru TakemitsuComposerNanami: The Inferno of First Love, Youth in Fury, A Flame at the Pier
Masumi HarukawaActorPastoral: To Die in the Country, The Boxer
Shoichi OzawaActorThe Boxer, The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan
Movies and TV shows
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2020s
2 titles
Creator
2010s
3 titles · average score 67
1990s
2 titles
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1980s
9 titles · average score 63
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1970s
25 titles · average score 65
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1960s
10 titles · average score 65
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