Video Letter: Terayama / Tanikawa
In the early 1980s, home video was in its infancy… the result is a punky, DIY aesthetic that manages to be both simple and moving
The Multi-talented Mr. Aquirax
His blend of Aubrey Beardsley-like eroticism with sixties psychedelia helped to establish the underground ambience…
The End of the Night: Maki’s Travelling Blues
“When Terayama first heard her sing “When the Night Ends” he felt as if an electric shock had run through him…”
Night Opens My Dreams: Kan Mikami’s North Country Blues
He is also an actor with credits in Nikkatsu’s “Roman Porno” movies and the legendary gangster series “Battles without Honour and Humanity”
Three Women, Three Rear Windows
She refused to repudiate the yakuza boss who had acted as a father-figure since her earliest days in show-biz.
Rebelling Against Reality: Jodorowsky vs. Terayama
Jodo’s father is a Stalin-worshipping sadist who insists his son bear the pain of tooth extraction without anaesthetic
New Terayama / Moriyama Project – Now on Sale!
View Moriyama’s haunting black-and-white images, let your gaze rest on the unusual page lay-out and stroke the cover with your fingertips
Dead People Turn Into Words
After a hundred years you’ll understand what I mean. Come back in a hundred years’ time.
Terayama’s China Doll
“The director, Shuji Terayama, signed a contract stipulating at least six sexual acts…”
One Hundred Million Pop Song People
Seazer / Caesar was a futenzoku (Japanese hippie) who dropped out of art-school and joined Terayama’s avant garde theatre troupe in 1969