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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
Age : N/A | Popularity : 29%
Yoko Ran
Age : N/A | Popularity : 8%
Takeshi Wakamatsu
Age : N/A | Popularity : 18%
Crew
Department | Role | Name |
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Directing | Director |
Shūji Terayama
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Assistant Director |
Henrikku Morisaki
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Writing | Screenplay |
Shūji Terayama
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Production | Producer |
Eiko Kujo
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Camera | Director of Photography |
Tatsuo Suzuki
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Department | Role | Name |