Shūji Terayama Movies

Shûji Terayama's commercial for the Japanese Racing Association.

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...

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

As a family goes on with their day, the shadows on their walls lead a completely different life.

Using bluescreen video techniques, Terayama playfully—and with a silent film theatricality—posits a series of postmodern vignettes...

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

An outlaw pushes the residents of Edo's red light district to rebel against a growing number of stifling, moralistic laws.

Visions of characters by the seaside from one's memory are erased by the filmmaker's hand.

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

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

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

A dreamlike portrayal of a hangover after a decadent party.

The documentary to find the "true Shuji Terayama".

#47 functions as a quick analysis on the life of Shuji Terayama. This is the beginning, middle and restart on the life of a man who refused to die -...

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...

Lacking a coherent plot, We're All Riding on a Circus Elephant depicts the collapse of western civilization as a free-form collage advocating group...

Amidst the 1960 Japanese-American mutual security treaty, alienated young nihilist Takuya struggles to find his footing between his do-nothing wealth...

Documentary about the relationships between mothers and their children.

Originally made for the 100 Feet Film Festival hosted by Image Forum. However, to test the limits, Terayama Shūji willfully made use of 3...