Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets

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Production countries: Japan
Origin countries: Japan
Language: Japanese
Spoken: Japanese
Production: Jinriki Hikoki Sha, Art Theatre Guild
Budget: N/A
Revenue: N/A

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Production countries: Japan
Origin countries: Japan
Language: Japanese
Spoken: Japanese
Production: Jinriki Hikoki Sha, Art Theatre Guild
Budget: N/A
Revenue: N/A

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Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets

Released Drama

24 Apr, 1971 2h 17min

Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets

Released Drama

24 Apr, 1971 2h 17min

Directed by Shūji Terayama

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.

Directed by Shūji Terayama

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.

Hideaki Sasaki

Me

Masahiro Saito

†

Father

76 yrs

Yukiko Kobayashi

Sister

79 yrs

Fudeko Tanaka

†

Grandmother

67 yrs

Sei Hiraizumi

Mr. Omi

82 yrs

Keiko Niitaka

Midori

92 yrs

Akihiro Miwa

†

Maya at the Hell

91 yrs

J.A. Seazer

Longhaired Poet

77 yrs

Izumi Suzuki

†

Female Doctor

36 yrs

Maki Asakawa

†

Prostitute on Stairway

67 yrs

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