Shūji Terayama Movies

A naval officer makes love to his wife while his son, the director of the film, watches them.

A “reading film” of delirious image and text, Les chants de Maldoror takes its title and inspiration from Comte de...

Shuji Terayama starts a poem, and then ships his pencil to Herbie Yamaguchi in the UK. Herbie ships the pencil back to Terayama, who then finishes...

Finished shooting in 1962, the movie’s cast was almost the same as its crew. With a bunch of experimental symbols such as skinny human body,...

Shûji Terayama's commercial for the Japanese Racing Association.

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

Paper-Scissor-Rock wars draws an episode where the two generals portray the Second World War, mostly through the rock-scissors-bag, but also by some...

A dreamlike portrayal of a hangover after a decadent party.

This four-volume boxset released by Image Forum compiles the breadth of Shuji Terayama's experimental short film work into an extensive DVD...