Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets

2h 17m
Drama
7.3

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.

Cast

Hideaki Sasaki
Me
Masahiro Saito
Father
Yukiko Kobayashi
Sister
Fudeko Tanaka
Grandmother
Sei Hiraizumi
Mr. Omi
Keiko Niitaka
Midori
Akihiro Miwa
Maya at the Hell
J.A. Seazer
Longhaired Poet
Izumi Suzuki
Female Doctor
Maki Asakawa
Prostitute on Stairway

Crew

Shūji Terayama
Director, Writer, Producer
Keiichi Uraoka
Editor
Masayoshi Sukita
Cinematography
Seizō Sengen
Cinematography
Takase Usui
Assistant Director
Eiko Kujo
Producer
Tetsuo Ohashi
Sound
Tomio Mizumura
Lighting Artist
Ichiro Araki
Music
Itsuro Shimoda
Music
J.A. Seazer
Music
Kuni Kawachi
Music
Seiichi Hayashi
Art Direction

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