Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets (1971)

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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.

Date of release

1971-04-24

TMDB

7.4 / 10 (68)

Runtime

2h 17m

Genres

Drama

Director

Shūji Terayama

Casting

• Hideaki Sasaki — Me
• Masahiro Saito — Father
• Yukiko Kobayashi — Sister
• Fudeko Tanaka — Grandmother
• Sei Hiraizumi — Mr. Omi
• Keiko Niitaka — Midori
• Akihiro Miwa — Maya at the Hell
• J.A. Seazer — Longhaired Poet
• Izumi Suzuki — Female Doctor
• Maki Asakawa — Prostitute on Stairway

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