J.A. Seazer

Basara ningen (2009)

Based on Minoru Nagao's 1969 experimental book Illustrator: Basara ningen. ...

Heaven and Hell (1999)

A bus full of cult members gets stuck in snow. The cult has to stay in a mountain hotel. Strange things start to happen... ...

Revolutionary Girl Utena: The Movie (1999)

In a loose retelling of the Revolutionary Girl Utena TV series, Utena Tenjou arrives at Ohtori Academy, only to be immediately swept up in a series of duels for the hand of her classmate Anthy Himemiya and the power she supposedly holds. At the same time, ...

Midori (1992)

After losing her parents, young flower selling Midori is put up by a fairground group. She is abused and forced to slavery, until the arrival of an enigmatic magician of short stature, who gives her hope for a better future. ...

Farewell to the Ark (1984)

A surreal, isolated village sees its inhabitants gradually leave behind their mutual traditions and superstitions as they leave for the city. Among them are two cousins who love each other and who get into a quarrel with other villagers. ...

The Lemmings (1983)

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 disappearance of a wall separating them from the next flat. As they try to understand what happened and h ...

Fruits of Passion (1981)

A girl named O loves a rich, and much older man. She is subjected to a variety of humiliating experiences to prove her unconditional obedience to him in a Chinese brothel. A poor boy sees her and falls in love with her. To get the money needed to sleep wit ...

La bourgeoise et le loubard (1979)

Grass Labyrinth (1979)

Akira is haunted by a "bouncing ball" song that he remembers his mother singing when he was a small child, and now on the verge of a sexually active adulthood, he wants to find the origins of the song. The young man ostensibly wanders into a time-warp in w ...

An Attempt to Describe the Measure of a Man (1978)

Using bluescreen video techniques, Terayama playfully—and with a silent film theatricality—posits a series of postmodern vignettes featuring realities-within-realities as his protagonist attempts some kind of relationship with a nude woman on the scree ...

Directions to Servants (1978)

A man claiming to be the heir of an estate in northern japan finds himself at the doors of his mansion, only to find it overrun by servants and maids playing pretend as master or mistress, while the real master is nowhere to be found. As he makes his way d ...

Shintokumaru (1978)

Shuji Terayama and J.A.Seazer's phantasmagoric folk-psych-symph-prog-rock opera. Historical Tenjo Sajiki performance from 1978. ...

The Reading Machine (1977)

In this Borgesian satire on knowledge and technology, bibliophilic desire leads to the construction of a pedal-powered reading machine. Resembling a combination of gymnastic contraption, printing press and early cinematic apparatus, the machine's purpose r ...

Boxer (1977)

In the midst of a match, a successful boxer - Hayato, has had enough of the sport. He lets himself get knocked, quits boxing, leaving his wife and start living alone with his mangy dog. One day a young mediocre boxer knocks at the door and wants to be Haya ...

The Eraser (1977)

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

The Woman with Two Heads (1977)

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

The Trial (1975)

An experimental short featuring people and nails. ...

Bôkenshatachi (1975)

A group of young men go treasure hunting in the sea. ...

Pastoral: To Die in the Country (1974)

A director faces creative block while working on his latest film – a reimagination of his adolescence growing up in a mountain village in rural Japan. ...

Young Person's Guide to Cinema (1974)

Originally made for the 100 Feet Film Festival hosted by Image Forum. However, to test the limits, Terayama Shūji willfully made use of 3 projectors to project 300 feet of film at the same time. ...

Power (1973)

Screened in the official competition at the Cannes Festival, this controversial documentary depicts a hypnosis session in which participants, under its influence, inflict pain on themselves and others. The film addresses important themes such as manipulati ...

Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets (1971)

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. ...

Emperor Tomato Ketchup (1971)

In a Japanese colony, children overthrow their parental guardians and attempt to form a new society. Their plan spirals out of control and they are soon lost in a web of sexual deviation and violence. ...

The Cage (1964)

An experimental fantasy short dedicated to questioning whether or not man is a prisoner of time. ...

Where is Tomorrow, Shuji Terayama (2017)

The documentary to find the "true Shuji Terayama". ...

Henrik, Terayama Shuji's Little Brother (2009)

A documentary about Morisaki Henrik, AKA Terayama Henrik, who became Terayama Shuji's adopted little brother after his death. Henrik continued Terayama's legacy in his own way after the passing of his collaborator and brother. ...

Pastoral: To Die in the Country (1974)

A director faces creative block while working on his latest film – a reimagination of his adolescence growing up in a mountain village in rural Japan. ...

Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets (1971)

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. ...