Shūji Terayama Movies

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

Paper-Scissor-Rock wars draws an episode where the two generals portray the Second World War, mostly through the rock-scissors-bag, but also by some...

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.