Shūji Terayama Movies

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

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

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

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.

The documentary to find the "true Shuji Terayama".

An experimental fantasy short dedicated to questioning whether or not man is a prisoner of time.

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 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...

Shûji Terayama's commercial for the Japanese Racing Association.

Experimental short film about two men carrying a door.

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

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...

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...

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...

This four-volume boxset released by Image Forum compiles the breadth of Shuji Terayama's experimental short film work into an extensive DVD...