Shûji Terayama date of birth:
December 10, 1935
How old was Shûji Terayama when died?
47
Where was Shûji Terayama born?
Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, Japan
When did Shûji Terayama die?
May 4, 1983
Where did Shûji Terayama die?
Suginami, Tokyo, Japan
Shûji Terayama body shape:
Average
What color are Shûji Terayama's eyes?
Black
What color is Shûji Terayama's hair?
Black
Is Shûji Terayama gay or straight?
Straight
What is Shûji Terayama's ethnicity?
Asian
What is Shûji Terayama nationality?
Japanese
What is Shûji Terayama's occupation?
Poet, dramatist, writer, film director, photographer
Short Biography
Shūji Terayama (寺山 修司, Terayama Shūji, 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 in September 1945. When Terayama was nine, his mother moved to Kyūshū to work at an American military base, while he himself went to live with relatives in the city of Misawa, also in Aomori. Terayama lived through the Aomori air raids that killed more than 30, 000 people.