Directing
Shūji Terayama
- Titles
- 53movies1TV 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
- 30titles as director
- Average score
66/100
- Highest rated
Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets77/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 11 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Coming of Age6.5average 2.9
- Uncanny5.2average 2.5
- Eroticism4.5average 1.8
- Absurdist Humor4.7average 2.0
- Class & Capitalism5.7average 3.3
- Psychological7.7average 5.6
- Social Commentary6.9average 4.9
- Melancholy6.6average 4.7
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism3.3, average 5.2
- Wholesome1.6, average 3.3
- Situational Comedy1.1, average 2.7
- Wit & Wordplay2.5, average 3.7
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Avant-Garde 4
- Social Commentary 4
- Visually Striking 3
- Prostitution 2
- Japanese New Wave Cinema 2
- Experimental Film 2
- Dream Logic 2
- Japanese Cinema 2
- Boxing Drama 2
- Near-Future Tokyo 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Tatsuo SuzukiCinematographerFruits of Passion, Boxer, Private Collections, Pastoral: To Die in the Country, Farewell to the Ark, +8 more
Keiko NiitakaActorFruits of Passion, Boxer, Private Collections, Pastoral: To Die in the Country, Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets, +2 more
Rio KishidaWriterFruits of Passion, Boxer, Private Collections, Farewell to the Ark, Grass Labyrinth, +2 more
J.A. SeazerActorBoxer, Pastoral: To Die in the Country, Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets, Farewell to the Ark, The Cage, +1 more
Tomoyo OshimaEditorPrivate Collections, Grass Labyrinth, Butterfly, The Trial, Labyrinth Tale
Masahiro ShinodaDirectorThe Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan, Killers on Parade, Epitaph to My Love, A Flame at the Pier, Youth in Fury
Shima IwashitaActorThe Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan, Killers on Parade, Epitaph to My Love, Youth in Fury- MMasao KosugiCinematographerKillers on Parade, Epitaph to My Love, A Flame at the Pier, Youth in Fury
Fumio WatanabeActorThe Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan, Killers on Parade, Epitaph to My Love
Tōru TakemitsuComposerA Flame at the Pier, Youth in Fury, Nanami: The Inferno of First Love
Yoshio HaradaActorPastoral: To Die in the Country, Farewell to the Ark- MMasahiro SaitoActorPastoral: To Die in the Country, Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets
Movies and TV shows
502020s
2 titles
海王星 (2021)
Creator
2010s
3 titles · average score 69
1990s
2 titles
On the Far Side of Twilight (1994)
Original Story
The Experimental Image World of Shuji Terayama (1993)
Director, Writer
1980s
9 titles · average score 61
70
Farewell to the Ark (1984)
Screenplay, Director
Video Letter (1983)
Writer, Cinematography
The Lemmings (1983)
Writer, Director
La Marie-vison (1983)
Writer
52
Fruits of Passion (1981)
Director, Writer
100 Years of Solitude (1981)
Director
A Tale of Africa (1980)
Writer
1970s
24 titles · average score 67
56
Private Collections (1979)
Director, Screenplay
73
Grass Labyrinth (1979)
Director, Screenplay
66
Third Base (1978)
Writer
74
Boxer (1977)
Screenplay, Director
The Eraser (1977)
Director, Screenplay
The Woman with Two Heads (1977)
Director, Screenplay
76
Pastoral: To Die in the Country (1974)
Producer, Director
Laura (1974)
Director
77
Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets (1971)
Producer, Director
57
Emperor Tomato Ketchup (1971)
Writer, Editor
The War of Jan-Ken-Pon (1971)
Writer, Director
1960s
10 titles · average score 65
Mothers (1967)
Poem
Pretty Devil Yoko (1966)
as Imura
60
The Cage (1964)
Director, Screenplay
64
A Flame at the Pier (1962)
Screenplay
Epitaph to My Love (1961)
Screenplay
67
Youth in Fury (1960)
Screenplay
Get 'em All (1960)
Screenplay
Catology (1960)
Director