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Terayama Shuji was born the only son of Terayama Hachiro and Terayama Hatsu in Hirosaki City, Aomori on December 10th, 1935; but his birth and name were officially registered on January 10th, 1936. His father, an officer in the "thought police", leaves for the Pacific War in early 1941. He dies in September of 1945 of dysentery on the Indonesian island of Celebes, one month after HIroshima and the end of the war. Terayama himself lived through the Aomori air raids that killed more than 30,000 people when he was 9 years old.
After the war, Terayama's mother was forced to leave Aomori to find work at an American army base in Kyushu. Terayama was left to live with relatives, where he was given a place to sleep behind the screen in a movie theater. In 1954 he entered Waseda University, but soon fell ill with nephrotic syndrome when he was 19 years old. He spends the time working on his own poetry and writings, as well as reading many Japanese and western classics; he was particularly impressed with Leutreamont's Les Chants de Maldoror.
Since 1959, he mainly earned his life as writer of broadcasts or theatric drama. In 1960, he married producer Eiko Kujo, and with her formed the theatre company "Tenjo Sajiki", or the Peanut Gallery in 1967. In 1964, he won the Prix Italia for his radio drama "Yamamba". In 1970 his first feature length film "The Emperor Tamato Ketchup" shocked the world with graphic images of a children's revolt along Nazi themes. He continued to write, produce, direct and generally create some of the worlds best avant-garde art until his death of the terminal illness that plagued him at age 49 on May 4th 1983. Prolific to the end, he published nearly 200 literary works, and over 20 shorts and full length films as well as untold works of theater with Tenjo Sajiki and others.
He has no children, but his art lives on with annual theatre events, and every 10 years a full summer festivals featuring his life and works.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Todd Starke was born on 19 December 1961 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for The Doris Day Show (1968), The Second Hundred Years (1967) and Adam-12 (1968). He died on 4 May 1983 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Michael B. Miller was born on September 1, 1931 in Los Angeles, California as Michael Borden Miller.
He was an actor, best known for The Anderson Tapes (1971), Three Days of the Condor (1975), Have a Nice Weekend (1975) and The Front (1976). He also acted in several nationally broadcast commercials, made-for-TV movies, and always kept busy on the stage.
He was married to actress Eliza Miller (I). Michael and Eliza lived in New York City and raised three sons until his sudden death on May 4, 1983 in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, USA, from heart failure while filming on location. - Stunts
- Actor
- Transportation Department
Champion surfer, stuntman, and all-around expert waterman Preston "Pete" Peterson was born Francis Preston Peterson on April 14, 1913 in Rockport, Texas. Peterson moved with his family to Santa Monica, California. He first started surfing at age nine in 1922. Preston dropped out of high school at age sixteen in 1929. Peterson began participating in surfing, swimming, and paddleboard competitions in the early 1930's. Among the notable surfing, swimming, and paddleboard contests that Preston won are: The Pacific Coast Surfing Championship (1932, 1936, 1938, & 1941), the Coast Dory Championship (1933 & 1934), the Hermosa Beach One Mile Paddleboard Championship (1934 & 1939), the Santa Monica Lifeguard Swim (1935 & 1936), the West Coast Championships (tandem with Patti Carey in both 1960 & 1962), and the United States Surfing Championships (tandem with Sharon Barker in 1964 & tandem with Barrie Algaw in 1966). Moreover, Peterson not only was a City of Santa Monica lifeguard up until 1955, but also served in the United States Navy during World War II as well as worked on a handful of films and TV shows as a stuntman, bit player, boat master, and marine coordinator. In addition, Preston also designed and shaped surfboards, designed and built the West Coast's finest surf dories, ran a marine salvage business as a licensed skipper and contractor, and even helped advance the development of the rescue tube. Preston died at age 70 on May 4, 1983 in Los Angeles, California.- Eugeniusz Kotarski was born on 30 March 1910 in Wloclawek, Poland, Russian Empire [now Wloclawek, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Trudna milosc (1954), Television Theater (1953) and Poznanskie slowiki (1966). He died on 4 May 1983 in Poznan, Wielkopolskie, Poland.
- Music Department
- Director
Nino Sanzogno was born on 13 April 1911 in Venice, Veneto, Italy. Nino was a director, known for Men of the Mountain (1943), Verdi: Otello (1966) and La fantarca (1966). Nino was married to Gianna Amato and Zeffira Galeati. Nino died on 4 May 1983 in Milan, Italy.- Art Department
- Additional Crew
Don Bernarducci was born on 10 March 1908 in New York, USA. He is known for My Three Sons (1960), Family Affair (1966) and The Smith Family (1971). He died on 4 May 1983 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.- Milan Kindl was born on 2 April 1929 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for Starci na chmelu (1964), Noc na Karlstejne (1974) and Das Geheimnis der chinesischen Nelke (1964). He died on 4 May 1983 in Praha, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].