Tenjo Sajiki Movies
- 1977
The Reading Machine
The Reading Machine31977HD
In this Borgesian satire on knowledge and technology, bibliophilic desire leads to the construction of a pedal-powered reading machine. Resembling a...
- 1977
The Woman with Two Heads
The Woman with Two Heads51977HD
As a family goes on with their day, the shadows on their walls lead a completely different life.
- 1977
The Eraser
The Eraser41977HD
Visions of characters by the seaside from one's memory are erased by the filmmaker's hand.
- 1983
La Marie-vison
La Marie-vison01983HD
"La Marie-Vison" tells the perversely fascinating tale of Marie, a transvestite prostitute who lives in elegant squalor with her dedicated servant....
- 1981
100 Years of Solitude
100 Years of Solitude01981HD
This sumptuous-yet-austere liberal re-working of Cien años de soledad by Gabriel García Márquez, arranged on a five-part stage...
- 1975
Smallpox Tale
Smallpox Tale21975HD
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...
- 1975
The Trial
The Trial4.81975HD
An experimental short featuring people and nails.
- 1978
An Attempt to Describe the Measure of a Man
An Attempt to Describe the Measure of a Man11978HD
Using bluescreen video techniques, Terayama playfully—and with a silent film theatricality—posits a series of postmodern vignettes...
- 1978
Directions to Servants
Directions to Servants01978HD
Stage performance by the Tenjo Sajiki troupe.
- 1983
The Lemmings
The Lemmings01983HD
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...
- 1983
The Hunchback of Aomori
The Hunchback of Aomori01983HD
This is Shuji Terayama memorial performance of The Hunchback of Aomori from 1983 (featuring Akihiro Miwa). Terayama gathered dwarfs, circus freaks,...