| Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets | |
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| Directed by | Shūji Terayama |
| Written by | Shūji Terayama |
| Produced by | Eiko Kujō Shūji Terayama |
| Cinematography | Masayoshi Sukita |
| Edited by | Keiichi Uraoka |
| Music by | Ichirō Araki Kuni Kawachi J. A. Seazer Itsurō Shimoda |
Production companies | Art Theatre Guild Jinriki Hikōki Sha |
| Distributed by | Art Theatre Guild |
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Running time | 137 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets (書を捨てよ町へ出よう, Sho o Suteyo Machi e Deyō) is a 1971 Japanese feature-length experimental drama film directed by Shūji Terayama. A metaphor for Japan's descent into materialism, it follows a young man's disillusionment with the world around him and his determination to achieve something in life while his family members are content with their poor social and economic standing. It was Terayama's first feature-length film.[1]
Reception[edit]
The film won the grand prize at the San Remo Film Festival,[2] and was voted the ninth best Japanese film of 1971 in the Kinema Junpo poll of film critics.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Ridgely, Steven C. (2011). Japanese Counterculture: The Antiestablishment Art of Terayama Shuji. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. p. 111. ISBN 978-0816667536.
- ^ Fowler, Glenn (14 May 1983). "Shuji Terayama, Japanese Playwright, Dies". New York Times. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
- ^ "Nihon eiga besuto ten". Kinema Junpo (1385). 5 February 1972.
External links[edit]
- Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets at IMDb
- Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets at AllMovie
