Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets (1972)

  • NR
  • 11/22/1972 (FR)
  • Drama
  • 2h 17m

Overview

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.

Shūji Terayama

Director, Writer

Cast

Hideaki Sasaki's headshot

Hideaki Sasaki

Me
Masahiro Saito's headshot

Masahiro Saito

Father
Yukiko Kobayashi's headshot

Yukiko Kobayashi

Sister
Fudeko Tanaka's headshot

Fudeko Tanaka

Grandmother
Sei Hiraizumi's headshot

Sei Hiraizumi

Mr. Omi
Keiko Niitaka's headshot

Keiko Niitaka

Midori
Akihiro Miwa's headshot

Akihiro Miwa

Maya at the Hell
J.A. Seazer's headshot

J.A. Seazer

Longhaired Poet

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