Shūji Terayama

Shūji Terayama

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Shūji Terayama (December 10, 1935 – May 4, 1983) was an avant-garde Japanese poet, dramatist, writer, film director, and photographer. According to many critics and supporters, he was one of the most productive and provocative creative artists to come out of Japan. He was born December 10, 1935, the only son of Hachiro and Hatsu Terayama in Hirosaki city in the northern Japanese prefecture of Aomori. His father died at the end of Pacific War in Indonesia in September 1945. At the age of nine, his mother moved to Kyūshū to work at an American military base while he himself went to live with relatives in the city of Misawa, also in Aomori. At this same time, Terayama lived through the Aomori air raids that killed more than 30,000 people. Terayama entered Aomori Prefectural Aomori High School in 1951, and in 1954 went to prestigious Waseda University's Faculty of Education to study Japanese language and literature. However, he soon dropped out because he fell ill with nephrotic syndrome. He received his education through working in bars in Shinjuku. His oeuvre includes a number of essays claiming that more can be learned about life through boxing and horse racing than by attending school and studying hard. Accordingly, he was one of the central figures of the "runaway" movement in Japan in the late 1960s, as depicted in his book, play, and film "Throw Away Your Books, Run into the Streets! In 1967, Terayama formed the Tenjō Sajiki theater troupe, whose name comes from the Japanese translation of the 1945 Marcel Carné film "Les Enfants du Paradis", so can be translated as "children of heaven", however its correct translation is "Ceiling Gallery" and has a meaning similar to the English expression "Peanut Gallery". The troupe was dedicated to the avant-garde and staged a number of controversial plays tackling social issues from an iconoclastic perspective. Some major plays include "Bluebeard", "Yes", and "The Crime of Fatso Oyama", among others. Also involved with the theater were artists Aquirax Uno and Tadanori Yokoo, who designed many of the advertisement posters for the group. Musically, he worked closely with experimental composer J.A. Seazer and folk musician Kan Mikami. He was also involved in poetry and at 18 was the second winner of the Tanka Studies Award. Terayama experimented with ‘city plays’, a fantastical satire of civic life. Also in 1967, Terayama started an experimental cinema and gallery called 'Universal Gravitation,' which is in fact still in existence at Misawa as a resource center. The Terayama Shūji Memorial Hall, which has a large collection of his plays, novels, poetry, photography and a great number of his personal effects and relics from his theatre productions, can also be found in Misawa. In 1976, he was a member of the jury at the 26th Berlin International Film Festival. Terayama published almost 200 literary works, and over 20 short and full-length films. He was married to Tenjō Sajiki co-founder Kyōko Kujō, but they later divorced, although they continued to work together until Terayama's death on May 4, 1983 from cirrhosis of the liver. Description above from the Wikipedia article Shūji Terayama, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

  • Title: Shūji Terayama
  • Popularity: 3.595
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1935-12-10
  • Place of Birth: Aomori, Japan
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  • Also Known As: Shûji Terayama, 寺山 修司, Shuuji Terayama, 테라야마 슈지, 슈지 테라야마
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Shūji Terayama Movies

  • 1977
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    Catalog of Memory

    Catalog of Memory

    1 1977 HD

    Shuji Terayama starts a poem, and then ships his pencil to Herbie Yamaguchi in the UK. Herbie ships the pencil back to Terayama, who then finishes...

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  • 1978
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    Children of the Gods

    Children of the Gods

    1 1978 HD

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  • 2017
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    Where is Tomorrow, Shuji Terayama

    Where is Tomorrow, Shuji Terayama

    1 2017 HD

    The documentary to find the "true Shuji Terayama".

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  • 1983
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    Video Letter

    Video Letter

    8.2 1983 HD

    This remarkable compilation follows an exchange of video letters that took place between Shuji Terayama and Shuntaro Tanikawa in the months...

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  • 1973
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    JRA CM

    JRA CM

    1 1973 HD

    Shûji Terayama's commercial for the Japanese Racing Association.

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  • 1966
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    Pretty Devil Yoko

    Pretty Devil Yoko

    1 1966 HD

    Easily bored, but still innocent and naive countryside girl (Mako Midori) discovers partying in Tokyo is a ton of fun. Yakuza-to-be (Ichiro Araki) is...

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  • 1971
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    Emperor Tomato Ketchup

    Emperor Tomato Ketchup

    5.6 1971 HD

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  • 1971
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    Emperor Tomato Ketchup

    Emperor Tomato Ketchup

    5.6 1971 HD

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  • 1971
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    Emperor Tomato Ketchup

    Emperor Tomato Ketchup

    5.6 1971 HD

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  • 1971
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    Emperor Tomato Ketchup

    Emperor Tomato Ketchup

    5.6 1971 HD

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  • 1993
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    The Experimental Image World of Shuji Terayama

    The Experimental Image World of Shuji Terayama

    1 1993 HD

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  • 1979
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    Private Collections

    Private Collections

    5.2 1979 HD

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  • 1981
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    Fruits of Passion

    Fruits of Passion

    5.5 1981 HD

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  • 1979
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    Grass Labyrinth

    Grass Labyrinth

    7.3 1979 HD

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  • 2021
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    海王星

    海王星

    7 2021 HD

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  • 1974
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    Pastoral: To Die in the Country

    Pastoral: To Die in the Country

    7.5 1974 HD

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  • 1974
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    Pastoral: To Die in the Country

    Pastoral: To Die in the Country

    7.5 1974 HD

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  • 1974
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    Pastoral: To Die in the Country

    Pastoral: To Die in the Country

    7.5 1974 HD

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  • 1975
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    Labyrinth Tale

    Labyrinth Tale

    5.6 1975 HD

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  • 1984
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    Farewell to the Ark

    Farewell to the Ark

    7 1984 HD

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  • 1968
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    Nanami: The Inferno of First Love

    Nanami: The Inferno of First Love

    6.9 1968 HD

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  • 1971
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    The War of Jan-Ken-Pon

    The War of Jan-Ken-Pon

    9 1971 HD

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  • 1971
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    Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets

    Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets

    7.4 1971 HD

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  • 1971
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    Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets

    Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets

    7.4 1971 HD

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  • 1971
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    Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets

    Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets

    7.4 1971 HD

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  • 1961
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    Killers on Parade

    Killers on Parade

    6.2 1961 HD

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  • 1978
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    Les chants de Maldoror

    Les chants de Maldoror

    6.4 1978 HD

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  • 1974
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    Butterfly

    Butterfly

    6 1974 HD

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  • 1974
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    Butterfly

    Butterfly

    6 1974 HD

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  • 1974
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    Young Person's Guide to Cinema

    Young Person's Guide to Cinema

    4.9 1974 HD

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  • 1974
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    Young Person's Guide to Cinema

    Young Person's Guide to Cinema

    4.9 1974 HD

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  • 1964
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    The Cage

    The Cage

    5.8 1964 HD

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  • 1964
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    The Cage

    The Cage

    5.8 1964 HD

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  • 1975
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    Smallpox Tale

    Smallpox Tale

    2 1975 HD

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  • 1975
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    Smallpox Tale

    Smallpox Tale

    2 1975 HD

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  • 1977
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    The Eraser

    The Eraser

    4.3 1977 HD

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  • 1977
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    The Eraser

    The Eraser

    4.3 1977 HD

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  • 1978
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    An Attempt to Describe the Measure of a Man

    An Attempt to Describe the Measure of a Man

    1 1978 HD

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  • 1978
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    An Attempt to Describe the Measure of a Man

    An Attempt to Describe the Measure of a Man

    1 1978 HD

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  • 1977
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    The Woman with Two Heads

    The Woman with Two Heads

    5 1977 HD

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  • 1977
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    The Woman with Two Heads

    The Woman with Two Heads

    5 1977 HD

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  • 1977
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    The Reading Machine

    The Reading Machine

    3 1977 HD

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  • 1977
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    The Reading Machine

    The Reading Machine

    3 1977 HD

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  • 1974
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    Laura

    Laura

    5 1974 HD

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  • 1977
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    Father

    Father

    2 1977 HD

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  • 1975
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    The Trial

    The Trial

    4.8 1975 HD

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  • 1978
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    Directions to Servants

    Directions to Servants

    1 1978 HD

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  • 1981
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    100 Years of Solitude

    100 Years of Solitude

    1 1981 HD

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  • 1983
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    The Lemmings

    The Lemmings

    1 1983 HD

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  • 1978
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    Shintokumaru

    Shintokumaru

    1 1978 HD

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  • 1977
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    Boxer

    Boxer

    6.8 1977 HD

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  • 1970
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    The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan

    The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan

    6.8 1970 HD

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  • 2013
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    Lemming

    Lemming

    1 2013 HD

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  • 1983
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    La Marie-vison

    La Marie-vison

    1 1983 HD

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  • 1983
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    The Hunchback of Aomori

    The Hunchback of Aomori

    1 1983 HD

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  • 1981
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    Fruits of Passion

    Fruits of Passion

    5.5 1981 HD

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  • 1980
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    A Tale of Africa

    A Tale of Africa

    5 1980 HD

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  • 1978
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    Third Base

    Third Base

    6.1 1978 HD

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  • 1983
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    Video Letter

    Video Letter

    8.2 1983 HD

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  • 1983
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    Video Letter

    Video Letter

    8.2 1983 HD

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  • 1978
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    Les chants de Maldoror

    Les chants de Maldoror

    6.4 1978 HD

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  • 1984
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    Our Age Comes Riding on a Circus Elephant

    Our Age Comes Riding on a Circus Elephant

    1 1984 HD

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  • 1967
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    Mothers

    Mothers

    6.4 1967 HD

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  • 1960
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    Catology

    Catology

    1 1960 HD

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  • 1961
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    Epitaph to My Love

    Epitaph to My Love

    7 1961 HD

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  • 1979
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    Grass Labyrinth

    Grass Labyrinth

    7.3 1979 HD

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  • 1978
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    Shintokumaru

    Shintokumaru

    1 1978 HD

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  • 1971
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    The War of Jan-Ken-Pon

    The War of Jan-Ken-Pon

    9 1971 HD

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  • 1994
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    On the Far Side of Twilight

    On the Far Side of Twilight

    1 1994 HD

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  • 1975
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    The Trial

    The Trial

    4.8 1975 HD

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  • 1975
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    Labyrinth Tale

    Labyrinth Tale

    5.6 1975 HD

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  • 1960
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    Get 'em All

    Get 'em All

    6 1960 HD

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  • 1977
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    Boxer

    Boxer

    6.8 1977 HD

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  • 1973
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    JRA CM

    JRA CM

    1 1973 HD

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  • 1983
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    Video Letter

    Video Letter

    8.2 1983 HD

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  • 1983
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    Video Letter

    Video Letter

    8.2 1983 HD

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  • 1984
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    Farewell to the Ark

    Farewell to the Ark

    7 1984 HD

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  • 1979
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    Private Collections

    Private Collections

    5.2 1979 HD

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  • 1960
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    Youth in Fury

    Youth in Fury

    6.7 1960 HD

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  • 1983
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    The Lemmings

    The Lemmings

    1 1983 HD

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  • 1978
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    Directions to Servants

    Directions to Servants

    1 1978 HD

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  • 1962
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    A Flame at the Pier

    A Flame at the Pier

    6 1962 HD

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  • 2017
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    Ah, Wilderness: Part 1

    Ah, Wilderness: Part 1

    6.6 2017 HD

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  • 2017
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    Ah, Wilderness: Part 2

    Ah, Wilderness: Part 2

    6.7 2017 HD

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  • 1970
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    7.8 1970 HD

    Joe Yabuki is a troubled youth, whose only solution to problems is throwing punches at them. What he lacks in manners and discipline, he makes up for...

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