No idea how I just learned about the amazing works of Shuji Terayama, Japanese psychedelic post-mod transgressive performance artist. Like punk industrial dada theatre, but full of amazing, super modern retro fashion looking imagery, but all from the 1960s-1980s.

https://www.instagram.com/shuji_terayama_office/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shūji_Terayama
https://harvardfilmarchive.org/programs/shuji-terayama-emperor-of-the-underground

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Shuji Terayama’s short experimental film BUTTERFLY, 1974

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"I had a lizard I kept in a Coca Cola bottle. I fed it and it grew. It got too big and I couldn't get it out of the bottle. After years of humiliation, do you have to guts to stand up for yourself, Japan?," Terayama was directly addressing young moviegoers in Japan in the late 60s early 70s, at the height of Vietnam War, when the US was using Japan as a one big military base. Playful & hard edged, Throw Away Your Books, Rally on the Streets is quite a show. #japanesenewwave #shujiterayama

Terayama's take on the subjective nature of memories and time is a dazzling array of surrealistic whimsy. Pastoral takes place in a small mountain village and concentrates on core group of people. The film is full of contrasts : the villagers are stuck in the past, oblivious of the fast changing society elsewhere. Pastoral is a very Japanese film, a reflection of changing times still under the shadows of its war past. I loved its messy lyricism and playfulness. #japanesenewwave #shujiterayama

Labyrinth tale kept my heart beating strong for the whole fifteen minutes. #ShujiTerayama 🎦

https://letterboxd.com/film/labyrinth-tale/