Screenplay: Shuji Terayama
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Shuji Terayama. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets
1971 · Movie · 138 min. · Japan
Direction Shuji Terayama
Cast Hideaki Sasaki · Masahiro Saito · Yukiko Kobayashi · Fudeko Tanaka
Plot Terayama's audacious first film is a psychological study of alienation and a plea for sociopolitical revolution for the countercultural generation of the 1960s. In fragmented and imbalanced images, the film...
7.2
249 votes
7.2
249 votes
Pastoral: To Die in the Country
1974 · Movie · 120 min. · Japan
Direction Shuji Terayama
Cast Yoshio Harada · Isao Kimura · Sen Hara · Kaoru Yachigusa
7.2
225 votes
7.2
225 votes
A flame at the pier
1962 · Movie · 97 min. · Japan
Direction Masahiro Shinoda
Cast Takashi Fujiki · Mariko Kaga · Kyôko Kishida · Tamotsu Hayakawa
Plot In Shinoda’s look at codes of obligation, a union-busting Yokohama dockworker learns that the loyalties that rule his life are based on shaky foundations. Believing that his manager was responsible...
7.1
33 votes
7.1
33 votes
Farewell to the Ark (Goodbye Ark)
1984 · Movie · 127 min. · Japan
Direction Shuji Terayama
Cast Tsutomu Yamazaki · Mayumi Ogawa · Yoshio Harada · Yôko Takahashi
Plot In a tale that is visually stunning in certain segments, director Shuji Terayama (who died before this movie was released) has woven a spell of magic and social reprobation around...
6.8
51 votes
6.8
51 votes
Grass Labyrinth
1979 · Movie · 40 min. · Japan
Direction Shuji Terayama
Cast Hiroshi Mikami · Takeshi Wakamatsu · Keiko Niitaka · Jūzō Itami
Plot In this 50-minute avant-garde film based on a story by the surrealist writer Kyoka Izumi, director Shuji Terayama uses the pretext of a young man’s determination to recover the lyrics...
6.6
78 votes
6.6
78 votes
The Dry Lake
1961 · Movie · 89 min. · Japan
Direction Masahiro Shinoda
Cast Shinichiro Mikami · Shima Iwashita · Kayoko Honjo · Hizuru Takachiho
Plot This is the film that confirmed Shinoda's status as one of the founders of the Japanese New Wave. Written by the controversial Shûji Terayama (Rally in the Streets), it was...
6.5
36 votes
6.5
36 votes
Nanami: The Inferno of First Love
1968 · Movie · 108 min. · Japan
Direction Susumu Hani
Cast Haruo Asanu · Kazuko Fukuda · Kuniko Ishii · Ichirô Kimura
Plot A young couple check into a hotel room to make love for the very first time. The boy Shun is timid and gauche, hiding his face and retreating to the...
6.5
61 votes
6.5
61 votes
Butterfly (S)
1974 · Movie · 12 min. · Japan
Direction Shuji Terayama
Cast Keiko Niitaka · Yoko Ran · Kyôko Iida · Namiko Tainaka
Plot A dreamlike portrayal of a hangover after a decadent party.
6.4
29 votes
6.4
29 votes
Emperor Tomato Ketchup (S)
1971 · Movie · 27 min. · Japan
Direction Shuji Terayama
Cast Goro Abashiri · Tarô Apollo · Shiro Demaemochi · Mitsufumi Hashimoto
Plot A group of pre-pubescent children clad in military uniforms rebel against their parents and begin hunting adults. A choir of schoolgirls strips while singing 'when I grow up to be...
6.4
36 votes
6.4
36 votes
A Woman with Two Heads – A Shadow Film (S)
1977 · Documentary · 15 min. · Japan
Direction Shuji Terayama
6.4
43 votes
6.4
43 votes
Labyrinth Tale (S)
1975 · Movie · 15 min. · Japan
Direction Shuji Terayama
Cast Keiko Niitaka · Yoko Ran · Sueshi Sasada
6.1
43 votes
6.1
43 votes
The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan
1970 · Movie · 104 min. · Japan
Direction Masahiro Shinoda
Cast Tatsuya Nakadai · Suisen Ichikawa · Shima Iwashita · Tetsurô Tanba
6.0
25 votes
6.0
25 votes
Emperor Tomato Ketchup
1970 · Movie · 76 min. · Japan
Direction Shuji Terayama
Cast Goro Abashiri · Tarô Apollo · Shiro Demaemochi · Mitsufumi Hashimoto
Plot A group of pre-pubescent children clad in military uniforms rebel against their parents and begin hunting adults. A choir of schoolgirls strips while singing 'when I grow up to be...
5.5
48 votes
5.5
48 votes
My Face is Red in the Sun
1961 · Movie · 82 min. · Japan
Direction Masahiro Shinoda
Cast Yusuke Kawazu · Shima Iwashita · Ichiro Sugai · Kô Nishimura
5.2
33 votes
5.2
33 votes
The Cage (S)
1964 · Movie · 11 min. · Japan
Direction Shuji Terayama
Cast Eiko Kujo · Mr. Nippon · Yoshihiro Tachiki · Ken Takeuchi
Plot With a bunch of experimental symbols such as skinny human body, clock and goat flow from one scene to another, the film explores the question of whether a man is...
5.2
87 votes
5.2
87 votes
Fruits of Passion
1981 · Movie · 83 min. · Japan
Direction Shuji Terayama
Cast Isabelle Illiers · Klaus Kinski · Arielle Dombasle · Sayoko Yamaguchi
5.2
94 votes
5.2
94 votes
Private Collections
1979 · Movie · 104 min. · France
Direction Walerian Borowczyk · Just Jaeckin · Shuji Terayama
Cast Roland Blanche · Laura Gemser · Catherine Gandois · Marpessa Djian
Plot Three stories. A solitary sailor falls from his boat and washes ashore on a tropical island. While seeking rescue, he's found by a nearly naked woman who is playful and...
5.1
25 votes
5.1
25 votes
Young Person's Guide to Cinema (S)
1974 · Movie · 3 min. · Japan
Direction Shuji Terayama
Cast Henrikku Morisaki · Masahiro Saito · Sueshi Sasada
4.8
48 votes
4.8
48 votes
Bokusâ
1977 · Movie · 94 min. · Japan
Direction Shuji Terayama
Cast Bunta Sugawara · Kentarô Shimizu
Plot A young boxer accidentally kills an ex-boxing champion's brother. He then approaches the ex-champ to train him to become the next champion.
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Catology (S)
1960 · Movie · 15 min. · Japan
Direction Shuji Terayama
Plot One of Terayama's first works filmed in 16 mm in 1960.
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