Tenjo Sajiki Movies

  • 1983
    The Lemmings

    The Lemmings

    The Lemmings

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    This second version of the play follows Wan and Tsu, two apprentice cooks who, as they eavesdrop on their neighbors one day, are shocked by the...

    The Lemmings
  • 1977
    The Woman with Two Heads

    The Woman with Two Heads

    The Woman with Two Heads

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

    The Woman with Two Heads
  • 1983
    La Marie-vison

    La Marie-vison

    La Marie-vison

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    "La Marie-Vison" tells the perversely fascinating tale of Marie, a transvestite prostitute who lives in elegant squalor with her dedicated servant....

    La Marie-vison
  • 1975
    Smallpox Tale

    Smallpox Tale

    Smallpox Tale

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    The smallpox virus has created its own unique atmosphere in Terayama’s film where the skin of a bandaged adolescent and the surface of the...

    Smallpox Tale
  • 1975
    The Trial

    The Trial

    The Trial

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    An experimental short featuring people and nails.

    The Trial
  • 1983
    The Hunchback of Aomori

    The Hunchback of Aomori

    The Hunchback of Aomori

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    This is Shuji Terayama memorial performance of The Hunchback of Aomori from 1983 (featuring Akihiro Miwa). Terayama gathered dwarfs, circus freaks,...

    The Hunchback of Aomori
  • 1978
    An Attempt to Describe the Measure of a Man

    An Attempt to Describe the Measure of a Man

    An Attempt to Describe the Measure of a Man

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    Using bluescreen video techniques, Terayama playfully—and with a silent film theatricality—posits a series of postmodern vignettes...

    An Attempt to Describe the Measure of a Man
  • 1977
    The Eraser

    The Eraser

    The Eraser

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

    The Eraser
  • 1978
    Directions to Servants

    Directions to Servants

    Directions to Servants

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    Stage performance by the Tenjo Sajiki troupe.

    Directions to Servants
  • 1977
    The Reading Machine

    The Reading Machine

    The Reading Machine

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    In this Borgesian satire on knowledge and technology, bibliophilic desire leads to the construction of a pedal-powered reading machine. Resembling a...

    The Reading Machine
  • 1981
    100 Years of Solitude

    100 Years of Solitude

    100 Years of Solitude

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

    100 Years of Solitude