Tenjo Sajiki Movies

  • 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 c...

    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 surrounded by the audie...

    100 Years of Solitude
  • 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. Ev...

    La Marie-vison
  • 1983
    The Hunchback of Aomori

    The Hunchback of Aomori

    The Hunchback of Aomori

    01983HD

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

    The Hunchback of Aomori
  • 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
  • 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 featuring realities...

    An Attempt to Describe the Measure of a Man
  • 1975
    The Trial

    The Trial

    The Trial

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    An experimental short featuring people and nails.

    The Trial
  • 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 filmic imag...

    Smallpox Tale
  • 1983
    The Lemmings

    The Lemmings

    The Lemmings

    01983HD

    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 sudden...

    The Lemmings
  • 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

    01978HD

    Stage performance by the Tenjo Sajiki troupe.

    Directions to Servants