Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets (1970)

19702h 18mdir. Shūji TerayamaJapaneseJapandrama film

Directed by Shūji Terayama

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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.

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