Skip to content
228,584 profiles ranked

Jūrō Kara

Japanese playwright (1940-2024) · Japan · On the map · Writers · Died at 84

Jūrō Kara was a Japanese avant-garde playwright, theatre director, author, actor, and songwriter. He was at the forefront of the Angura ("underground") theatre movement in Japan.

Jūrō Kara is read about 294 times a day, in 8 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 26 August 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.

Something wrong?
Compare

People around Jūrō

Media & music

Photos 1

Awards

Akutagawa Prize1982
Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature1978

About this person

Country
Japan
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1940 to 2024 · aged 84

Where to find them