Shūji Terayama Movies

A man claiming to be the heir of an estate in northern japan finds himself at the doors of his mansion, only to find it overrun by servants and maids...

A union-busting Yokohama dockworker learns that the loyalties that rule his life are based on shaky foundations. Believing that his manager was...

Akira is haunted by a "bouncing ball" song that he remembers his mother singing when he was a small child, and now on the verge of a sexually active...

Yukichi Matsumoto's 2013 stage adaptation of Shuji Terayama's "Lemmings". Two cooks share a room, one of which talks with his mother's head: it lives...

A teenage goldsmith with a dark past tragically falls in love with a young nude model.

Documentary about the relationships between mothers and their children.

A “reading film” of delirious image and text, Les chants de Maldoror takes its title and inspiration from Comte de...

"La Marie-Vison" tells the perversely fascinating tale of Marie, a transvestite prostitute who lives in elegant squalor with her dedicated servant....

This second version of the play follows Wan and Tsu, two apprentice cooks who, as they eavesdrop on their neighbors one day, are shocked by the...

Shûji Terayama's commercial for the Japanese Racing Association.

A naval officer makes love to his wife while his son, the director of the film, watches them.

an avant-garde theatrical work and collection of stage poems created by Japanese poet, playwright, and filmmaker Shūji Terayama and his...

A pilot crash-lands in the African wilds, and loses his memory. He finds an old man living in the jungle with his grand-daughter. He falls in love...

A dreamlike portrayal of a hangover after a decadent party.

This sumptuous-yet-austere liberal re-working of Cien años de soledad by Gabriel García Márquez, arranged on a five-part stage...

Paper-Scissor-Rock wars draws an episode where the two generals portray the Second World War, mostly through the rock-scissors-bag, but also by some...

Three showgirls playfully mock the audience for attending a projection of an art film.

He pulls out a pair of scissors that tends toward the sky. So begins his journey through time, space and memory. Seasons change, years pass. Wrapped...