A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Birthplace:
Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Born:
July 31, 1930
Died:
March 27, 1994
Novelist, playwright, screenwriter, theater director and film director. Born in Okayama Prefecture, Japan. His parents' home was an old book store in Okayama City. He dropped out of Kamakura Academy. When he was young, he studied under Kobo Abe. He joined the New Japanese Literary Society and made his debut as a novelist. In 1974 , together with Shoji Kaneko and others, he launched a theater company and was actively engaged in underground theater activities.
Director:
1991 I Hate You... Not
1992 Kirai ja nai yo 2
Executive Producer:
1991 I Hate You... Not
1992 Kirai ja nai yo 2
Screenplay:
1974 Statue in Fire
1974 Virgin Blues
1974 Younger Sister
1981 Play it, Boogie-Woogie
1984 Scrap: A Love Story
1984 The Miracle of Joe, the Petrel
1984 Woman with the Red Hat
1985 The Bloody Afternoon
1987 Eien no 1/2
1991 I Hate You... Not
1992 Kirai ja nai yo 2
Writer:
1974 Statue in Fire
1974 Virgin Blues
1974 Younger Sister
1981 Play it, Boogie-Woogie
1981 Summer of Demon
1982 A Pool Without Water
1984 Scrap: A Love Story
1984 The Miracle of Joe, the Petrel
1984 Woman with the Red Hat
1985 The Bloody Afternoon
1987 Eien no 1/2
1991 I Hate You... Not
1992 Kirai ja nai yo 2
Writer:
1979 Detective Story
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Filtering is applied here to film projects flagged as "adult" by TheMovieDB. Pending "popular demand" I am contemplating a login and profile system with preferences (such as whether to allow adult images to appear) and permissions (such as data entry).
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