Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets

Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets

1971
2h 17m
7.3

7.3/10

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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.

Status: Released

Language: JA

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Production Information

Production Companies
Jinriki Hikoki Sha Art Theatre Guild
Production Countries
Japan
Spoken Languages
Japanese

Quick Facts

Original Title 書を捨てよ町へ出よう
Release Date April 24, 1971
Status Released
Language JA
IMDb ID tt0228853

Cast

Hideaki Sasaki
Hideaki Sasaki

Me

Masahiro Saito
Masahiro Saito

Father

Yukiko Kobayashi
Yukiko Kobayashi

Sister

Fudeko Tanaka
Fudeko Tanaka

Grandmother

Sei Hiraizumi
Sei Hiraizumi

Mr. Omi

Keiko Niitaka
Keiko Niitaka

Midori

Akihiro Miwa
Akihiro Miwa

Maya at the Hell

J.A. Seazer
J.A. Seazer

Longhaired Poet

Izumi Suzuki
Izumi Suzuki

Female Doctor

Maki Asakawa
Maki Asakawa

Prostitute on Stairway

Key Crew

Shūji Terayama
Director
Shūji Terayama
Writer
Shūji Terayama
Producer
Eiko Kujo
Producer