Shūji Terayama
Director · 37 credits · 9 in highly-rated films
Best known for Pastoral: To Die in the Country (1974)
Directed movies (30 total, ranked by score)
1Pastoral: To Die in the Country
1974 · ★ 7.5 (110 votes)
Fantasy, Drama
2Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets
1971 · ★ 7.4 (66 votes)
Drama
3Grass Labyrinth
1979 · ★ 7.2 (31 votes)
Drama, Fantasy
4The Boxer
1977 · ★ 7.0 (6 votes)
Drama
5Farewell to the Ark
1984 · ★ 7.1 (29 votes)
Fantasy, Drama
6Butterfly
1974 · ★ 5.3 (6 votes)
Fantasy
7Smallpox Tale
1976 · ★ 2.0 (2 votes)
8The Trial
1975 · ★ 4.2 (5 votes)
9Shintokumaru
1978
Drama
10Private Collections
1979 · ★ 6.0 (36 votes)
Drama, Romance
11The War of Jan-Ken-Pon
1971 · ★ 9.5 (2 votes)
War
12The Lemmings
1983
13Fruits of Passion
1981 · ★ 5.3 (84 votes)
Drama
14Video Letter
1983 · ★ 8.2 (2 votes)
Fantasy, Documentary
15Father
1977 · ★ 2.0 (1 votes)
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An Attempt to Describe the Measure of a Man
1978 · ★ 1.0 (1 votes)
17Emperor Tomato Ketchup
1971 · ★ 5.5 (32 votes)
Drama
18The Eraser
1977 · ★ 4.3 (3 votes)
Fantasy, Drama
19Les chants de Maldoror
1978 · ★ 6.4 (8 votes)
Fantasy
20The Woman with Two Heads
1977 · ★ 4.4 (5 votes)
Drama
21The Cage
1964 · ★ 5.8 (13 votes)
Fantasy
- 22
100 Years of Solitude
1981
23The Reading Machine
1977 · ★ 2.7 (3 votes)
24Labyrinth Tale
1975 · ★ 5.6 (12 votes)
Fantasy
25Laura
1974 · ★ 5.0 (6 votes)
Mystery
- 26
Young Person's Guide to Cinema
1974 · ★ 4.9 (7 votes)
- 27
JRA CM
1973
- 28
Catology
1960
29Directions to Servants
1978
Comedy
30The Experimental Image World of Shuji Terayama
1993
Fantasy
Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 30, 2026.