Movie
Movie· 1976· 34m
Smallpox Tale
疱瘡譚
★2.0IMDb
Smallpox Tale is not currently streaming on any Indian OTT platform, and is not available to rent or buy in India.
- Director:
- Shūji Terayama
Smallpox Tale is a 1976 Japanese film directed by Shūji Terayama. It runs 34 minutes. The cast is led by Keiko Niitaka, Yoko Ran and Takeshi Wakamatsu. It holds an IMDb rating of 2.0.
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.
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- When did Smallpox Tale release?
- Smallpox Tale released on 20 February 1976.