51³Ô¹ÏÍø

Tag - shuji-terayama

 
Menu
Search
 
July 25, 2026
 

Home Delivery
Subscribe for more access

SHUJI TERAYAMA

Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / RECENTLY PUBLISHED BOOKS ABOUT 51³Ô¹ÏÍø
Oct 6, 2018
¡®When I Was a Wolf¡¯: Western fairy tales reinterpreted, for better or for worse
Shuji Terayama¡¯s ¡®When I Was a Wolf¡¯ is a collection of essays that reappraise Western fairy tales, fables and literature and flips them head over heels.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Oct 21, 2015
Androids and the avant-garde: The best Japanese films screening at TIFF
The Tokyo International Film Festival offers a once-a-year chance to see Japanese movies, both new and classic, with English subtitles. Getting tickets, however, especially for the films in the Competition and Special Screenings sections, may not be easy. With that caveat, here are my personal picks...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Mar 25, 2015
Noda¡¯s ¡®Egg¡¯ scrambles understanding
After his acclaimed French debut last year with ¡°The Bee,¡± news of Hideki Noda¡¯s return to the Theatre National de Chaillot in central Paris with his pop-war-and-Olympian extravaganza ¡°Egg¡± created quite a buzz of anticipation.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Oct 4, 2014
The Crimson Thread of Abandon: Stories
It¡¯s a wonder ¡°The Crimson Thread of Abandon¡± was never translated into English before. Shuji Terayama (1935-83) was a provocative artist and outlaw author, and his 20 stories fall nothing short of this reputation. Each borrows and mocks the conventions of a classic fairy tale, but reeks of hopelessness...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 4, 2013
Shuji Terayama¡¯s underground public stage
Thirty years on from the death of Shuji Terayama, Japanese theater¡¯s most avant-garde provocateur continues his renaissance with a show of his films, photography and, most importantly, theater works at the Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, which follows on from the recent showing of printed ephemera...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jul 3, 2013
¡®Shuji Terayama: Knock¡¯
Commemorating 30 years since the passing of avant-garde writer and artist Shuji Terayama, this exhibition brings together artifacts from his 30-hour street play, ¡°Knock.¡±
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / CLOSE-UP
Aug 7, 2011
Tadanori Yokoo: An artist by design
In conversation, Tadanori Yokoo jumps nimbly between the past and the present. One moment he¡¯s watching the sky glow red as bombs rain down on Kobe during World War II. The next he¡¯s riding in a taxi with Yukio Mishima. And then he¡¯s back in the present, here at his studio in Tokyo¡¯s Setagaya Ward, discussing...
Japan weighs regulating Pokemon cards amid trading mania
A Pokemon event is held in Jakarta on July 11
Japan to set up expert working group on accepting foreign nationals
Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara (second from left) addresses a meeting of ministers responsible for policies concerning foreign residents, held at the Prime Minister's Office on Friday.
Head of Swiss euthanasia firm dies after collapsing while ascending Mount Fuji
Around 200,000 people typically scale the 3,776 meter Mount Fuji each year.
Indian brothers make manga debut in Japan
Two Indian brothers made their manga debut in Japan with "Kung Fu Kung Fool" ¡ª an action-comedy series that follows the adventures of a notorious thief and a young boy.
Japan scientists identify clusters of protein believed to trigger Alzheimer¡¯s disease
A team of researchers said they found a ¡°seed¡± that accelerates the amyloid beta accumulation process in the brain, naming it ¡°Peak 1 amyloid beta,¡± as seen in a mouse's brain.
Inside Toho Archive¡¯s mission to save Japan¡¯s cinematic memory
The goal of restoration is not to artificially upscale but to return the film to the condition it was in ¡°the very first day it appeared in the world,¡± says Nobushige Toshima, president and sales division manager of Toho Archive.
The sci-fi sensibilities of electronic trio Black Boboi
Black Boboi was formed in 2018 when solo artists Julia Shortreed, Utena Kobayashi and Ermhoi came together under Kobayashi¡¯s newly founded label, Bindividual.
A perfect storm: Kaze Fujii fans flock to Fuji Rock
Okayama-born singer-songwriter Kaze Fujii has carved out a distinctive place in Japanese pop since his major-label debut in 2019.
Can Japanese comedy get laughs in English? Yoshimoto Kogyo lets the jokes rip
Wes-P has millions of followers and his viral clips made him recognizable out of Japan.
The 180-day locals: Life on Japan¡¯s digital nomad visa
Christopher Flinn works remotely from Tokyo earlier this month. Japan issued 646 digital nomad visas in 2025, but tourism officials are hoping to increase that figure in the coming years, with Japan's relatively cheap cost of living and the weak yen seen as potential draws for young professionals.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

Longform

For many people, utility poles and power lines have become such a familiar part of Japan¡¯s landscape that they often go unnoticed.
Why Japan¡¯s utility poles won¡¯t be disappearing anytime soon
By Alex K.T. Martin

SUSTAINABLE 51³Ô¹ÏÍø

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS note

SUPPLEMENTS BINDER