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Eiichi Uchida

Born
Jul 31, 1930 · Aged 63
Died
Mar 27, 1994
Place of birth
Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Gender
Male
Movie credits
2
TV credits
0
Directing credits
2

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.