Video Letter

Jan 1, 1983

1h 14m

★ 8.2

Overview

This remarkable compilation follows an exchange of video letters that took place between Shuji Terayama and Shuntaro Tanikawa in the months immediately preceding Terayama's death. It can be thought of as a home video produced by two preeminent poets and inter-laid with highly abstract philosophizing, slightly aberrant behavior and occasionally flamboyant visuals.

Genres

Fantasy

Documentary

Production Companies

Jinriki Hikoki Sha

Video Letter Trailers

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Cast

Self

Shūji Terayama

Self

Shuntaro Tanikawa

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