Shūji Terayama Movies

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

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

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

Easily bored, but still innocent and naive countryside girl discovers partying in Tokyo is a ton of fun. Yakuza-to-be is an acquaintance who tries to...

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...

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

Shuji Terayama starts a poem, and then ships his pencil to Herbie Yamaguchi in the UK. Herbie ships the pencil back to Terayama, who then finishes...

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

Documentary about the relationships between mothers and their children.

"La Marie-Vison" tells the perversely fascinating tale of Marie, a transvestite prostitute who lives in elegant squalor with her dedicated servant....

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

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

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

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

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 pilot crash-lands in the African wilds, and loses his memory. He finds an old man living in the jungle with his grand-daughter. He falls in love...

The documentary to find the "true Shuji Terayama".

Originally made for the 100 Feet Film Festival hosted by Image Forum.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

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