Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets
Apr 24 1971
•2h 17m
•Drama
An experimental, psychedelic odyssey through Japanese subculture experienced via the eyes of a disillusioned young man, who must contend with intense familial dysfunction, psychosexual alienation, and existentialist malaise.
Cast
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Hideaki Sasaki
Me
Masahiro Saito
Father
Yukiko Kobayashi
Sister
Fudeko Tanaka
Grandmother
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