Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets (1971)

Original title

書を捨てよ町へ出よう

Directed by

Shūji Terayama

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Runtime

2h 17m

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 62 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A nameless young man wanders through the counterculture of 1970s Tokyo. The film blends documentary-style scenes with surreal staged moments and music.

experimentaldisjointedrebelliousrawprovocativeenergeticanarchicsurreal

What happens

Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets (Japanese: 書を捨てよ町へ出よう, Hepburn: Sho o suteyo machi e deyō) is a 1971 Japanese experimental film written and directed by Shūji Terayama in his feature-length directorial debut. The film was adapted from Terayama's 1967 essay collection and subsequent 1968 stage play of the same name, and stars Hideaki Sasaki, Masaharu Saitō, Yukiko Kobayashi, and Fudeko Tanaka. Centering on an unnamed protagonist navigating the counterculture of 1970s Tokyo, the film features a nonlinear narrative frequently interspersed with staged set pieces, street interviews, and musical interludes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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