Five Filosophical Fables (1967)
Donald Richie’s classic is, in the words of Yukio Mishima, an outrageous farce, and a pitiless indictment of all our false ‘human’ values. As an allegory of an ‘all-consuming’ Tokyo family cannibalizing each other in a Tokyo park, it attains the highest reaches of black humour.
Director: Donald Richie
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Hiroyasu Sasaki as |
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Jiro Yagi as |
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Miiko Kiinjo as |
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Rari Mitsuhashi as |
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Teiiji Endo as |
| Directing | Donald Richie | Director |
| Crew | Makoto Yamaguchi | Cinematography |
| Sound | Donald Richie | Music |
| Writing | Donald Richie | Writer |
| Editing | Donald Richie | Editor |