Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets

Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets

1971 · 137 min · JA · 7.3 (44 votes)
Dir. Shūji Terayama · Starring Hideaki Sasaki, Masahiro Saito, Yukiko Kobayashi, Fudeko Tanaka, Sei Hiraizumi, Keiko Niitaka · Music J.A. Seazer
Drama

Conditions have been better for the nameless protagonist: his grandmother is a shoplifter and his war criminal father and sister have an unhealthy, intimate relationship with the family rabbit.

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A deeply unsettling and surreal journey into the abyss of familial decay. This avant-garde trip is a challenging, often disturbing, exploration of the absurd and the breakdown of societal norms, leaving you questioning reality itself.

surrealunsettlingabsurdistnihilisticslow-burnart houseavant-gardepsychedelicJapanese New Wavefamily dysfunctionsocietal decaytraumaexistential dread
dysfunctional familyart houseavant-gardepsychedelicjapanese new wave
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