Eiichi Uchida
Born
July 31, 1930
Died
March 27, 1994 (63 years old)
Known For
Writing
Place of Birth
Okayama Prefecture, Japan
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.
