Eiichi Uchida
Writing
July 31, 1930
Died at age 63
March 27, 1994
Date of Death
Okayama Prefecture, Japan
2 Credits
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.
