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Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets

7.3/10

April 24, 1971

137 minutes

Shūji Terayama

Drama

Overview

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.

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Movie Details

Release Date

April 24, 1971

Runtime

137 minutes

Director

Shūji Terayama

Rating

7.3/10

Production Companies

Jinriki Hikoki Sha Art Theatre Guild

Trailer

Throw Away Your Books, Rally In The Streets |TRAILER|

Cast

Hideaki Sasaki

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