Personal Info
Known For
Writing
Known Credits
19
Gender
Male
Birthday
1930-07-31
Day of Death
1994-03-27 (64 years old)
Place of Birth
Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Also Known As
Eiichi Uchida
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.
