Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets (1971)
An experimental, psychedelic odyssey through Japanese subculture experienced via the eyes of a disillusioned young man, who must contend with intense familial dysfunction, psychosexual alienation, and existentialist malaise.
Director: Shūji Terayama
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Hideaki Sasaki as Me |
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Masahiro Saito as Father |
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Yukiko Kobayashi as Sister |
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Fudeko Tanaka as Grandmother |
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Sei Hiraizumi as Mr. Omi |
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Keiko Niitaka as Midori |
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Akihiro Miwa as Maya at the Hell |
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J.A. Seazer as Longhaired Poet |
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Izumi Suzuki as Female Doctor |
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Maki Asakawa as Prostitute on Stairway |
| Directing | Shūji Terayama | Director |
| Writing | Shūji Terayama | Writer |
| Production | Shūji Terayama | Producer |
| Editing | Keiichi Uraoka | Editor |
| Art | Seiichi Hayashi | Art Direction |
| Production | Eiko Kujo | Producer |
| Directing | Takase Usui | Assistant Director |
| Lighting | Tomio Mizumura | Lighting Artist |
| Camera | Masayoshi Sukita | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Seizō Sengen | Director of Photography |
| Sound | J.A. Seazer | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Ichiro Araki | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Itsuro Shimoda | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Kuni Kawachi | Original Music Composer |