Shūji Terayama Movies

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

Shûji Terayama's commercial for the Japanese Racing Association.

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.

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

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

This sumptuous-yet-austere liberal re-working of Cien años de soledad by Gabriel García Márquez, arranged on a five-part stage...

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

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...

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

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

A vengeful contractor hires a series of young killers to target a woman muckraker. Trouble brews when an amateur marksman shows up his eclectic...

Originally made for the 100 Feet Film Festival hosted by Image Forum.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

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

A young reporter falls for a beautiful waitress, but fate conspires against their burgeoning romance when the latter is involved in a car accident...

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...

an avant-garde theatrical work and collection of stage poems created by Japanese poet, playwright, and filmmaker Shūji Terayama and his...

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...

A dreamlike portrayal of a hangover after a decadent party.