Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets
書を捨てよ町へ出よう
1971 · 2h 17m · Drama · Japan
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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Shūji Terayama6.7Smart score
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art houseavant-gardedysfunctional familyjapanese new wavepsychedelic
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