Portrait of Shūji Terayama

Directing

Shūji Terayama

Career

Active from 1960 to 2021, with a break from 1994 to 2012, busiest in 1977 and 1978 with 5 main titles each.

Average score
GoodWatch score65/100
Highest rated
Poster for Pastoral: To Die in the Country
Pastoral: To Die in the Country
GoodWatch score81/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 12 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Shūji Terayama Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.3, average 5.4
  • Wholesome
    1.6, average 3.4
  • Situational Comedy
    1.1, average 2.7
  • Wit & Wordplay
    2.5, average 3.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 5
  • Avant-Garde 4
  • Visually Striking 3
  • Melancholic Tone 2
  • Japanese New Wave Cinema 2
  • Experimental Film 2
  • Dream Logic 2
  • Boxing Drama 2
  • Near-Future Tokyo 2
  • Japanese Cinema 2
  • Japanese New Wave 2
  • Prostitution 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

53
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

2 titles
Tableaux d'une explosion
Tableaux d'une explosion (2026)

Thanks

海王星
海王星 (2021)

Creator

2010s

3 titles · average score 69
Wilderness: Part 1
Wilderness: Part 1 (2017)
GoodWatch score 68

Novel

Wilderness: Part 2
Wilderness: Part 2 (2017)
GoodWatch score 69

Novel

Lemming
Lemming (2013)

Writer

1990s

4 titles
On the Far Side of Twilight
On the Far Side of Twilight (1994)

Original Story

The Experimental Image World of Shuji Terayama
The Experimental Image World of Shuji Terayama (1993)

Director, Writer

Astronomy of Love
Astronomy of Love (1991)

Original Story

The Summer I was Four
The Summer I was Four (1991)

Original Story

1980s

9 titles · average score 65
Farewell to the Ark
Farewell to the Ark (1984)
GoodWatch score 75

Director, Screenplay

Our Age Comes Riding on a Circus Elephant
Our Age Comes Riding on a Circus Elephant (1984)

Writer

Video Letter
Video Letter (1983)

Cinematography, Director

The Lemmings
The Lemmings (1983)

Writer, Director

La Marie-vison
La Marie-vison (1983)

Writer, Theatre Play

The Hunchback of Aomori
The Hunchback of Aomori (1983)

Writer

Fruits of Passion
Fruits of Passion (1981)
GoodWatch score 56

Writer, Director

100 Years of Solitude
100 Years of Solitude (1981)

Director

A Tale of Africa
A Tale of Africa (1980)

Writer

1970s

25 titles · average score 64
Private Collections
Private Collections (1979)
GoodWatch score 53

Director, Screenplay

Grass Labyrinth
Grass Labyrinth (1979)
GoodWatch score 78

Screenplay, Director

Third Base
Third Base (1978)
GoodWatch score 67

Writer

Les chants de Maldoror
Les chants de Maldoror (1978)
GoodWatch score 63

Director, Writer

The Boxer
The Boxer (1977)
GoodWatch score 55

Screenplay, Director

The Eraser
The Eraser (1977)
GoodWatch score 59

Screenplay, Director

The Woman with Two Heads
The Woman with Two Heads (1977)

Screenplay, Director

Pastoral: To Die in the Country
Pastoral: To Die in the Country (1974)
GoodWatch score 81

Producer, Writer

Laura
Laura (1974)
GoodWatch score 59

Director

Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets
Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets (1971)
GoodWatch score 77

Writer, Director

Emperor Tomato Ketchup
Emperor Tomato Ketchup (1971)
GoodWatch score 59

Director, Writer

The War of Jan-Ken-Pon
The War of Jan-Ken-Pon (1971)

Writer, Director

1960s

10 titles · average score 65
Nanami: The Inferno of First Love
Nanami: The Inferno of First Love (1968)
GoodWatch score 70

Writer

Mothers
Mothers (1967)

Poem

Pretty Devil Yoko
Pretty Devil Yoko (1966)

as Imura

The Cage
The Cage (1964)
GoodWatch score 61

Director, Screenplay

A Flame at the Pier
A Flame at the Pier (1962)
GoodWatch score 64

Screenplay

Epitaph to My Love
Epitaph to My Love (1961)

Screenplay

Killers on Parade
Killers on Parade (1961)
GoodWatch score 65

Writer

Youth in Fury
Youth in Fury (1960)
GoodWatch score 68

Screenplay

Get 'em All
Get 'em All (1960)

Screenplay

Catology
Catology (1960)

Director