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Status: Released

Average Rating: 2

Release Date: Jan 1, 1975

Rating: 1975-01-01

Run Time: 12h 34m

Original Language: Japanese

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Production Countries: Japan

Production Companies: Tenjo Sajiki


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Synopsis

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 filmic image are subjected to a bizarre ‘disturbance’ as snails cross the screen and nails are hammered into the skull of the ailing patient. Illness in this film is as much a psychic entity as a physical one and manifests itself in an array of theatrical tableaux from grotesque women rigorously brushing their teeth to a snooker game where the players in white face makeup behave like automata. A Tale of Smallpox uses a medical theme to chart the traumatic dream life of Terayama’s times, evincing deep-rooted concerns in the Japanese national psyche that hark back to the upheaval of Meiji modernisation and the devastation of World War Two.


Main Cast

Keiko Niitaka

Keiko Niitaka

Age : N/A | Popularity : 29%

Yoko Ran

Yoko Ran

Age : N/A | Popularity : 8%

Takeshi Wakamatsu

Takeshi Wakamatsu

Age : N/A | Popularity : 18%


Crew

Department Role Name
Directing Director
Shūji Terayama
Shūji Terayama
Assistant Director
Henrikku Morisaki
Henrikku Morisaki
Writing Screenplay
Shūji Terayama
Shūji Terayama
Production Producer
Eiko Kujo
Eiko Kujo
Camera Director of Photography
Tatsuo Suzuki
Tatsuo Suzuki
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