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Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Okayama Prefecture, Japan

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Movie Involvements: 16

TV Involvements: 1


Most Famous Work

Biography

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.

Most Famous Work

Detective Story
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5

Detective Story

(1979) Writer
A Pool Without Water
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5

A Pool Without Water

(1982) Writer
Play it, Boogie-Woogie
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6

Play it, Boogie-Woogie

(1981) Screenplay
Summer of Demon
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5

Summer of Demon

(1981) Writer
Virgin Blues
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5

Virgin Blues

(1974) Screenplay
Younger Sister
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3

Younger Sister

(1974) Screenplay
Woman with the Red Hat
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2

Woman with the Red Hat

(1984) Screenplay
Eien no 1/2
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6

Eien no 1/2

(1987) Screenplay

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