Donald Richie’s classic is, in the words of Yukio Mishima, an outrageous farce, and a pitiless indictment of all our false ‘human’ values. As an allegory of an ‘all-consuming’ Tokyo family cannibalizing each other in a Tokyo park, it attains the highest reaches of black humour.
| Title | Five Filosophical Fables |
|---|---|
| Year | 1967 |
| Genre | |
| Country | Japan |
| Studio | |
| Cast | Hiroyasu Sasaki, Jiro Yagi, Miiko Kiinjo, Rari Mitsuhashi, Teiiji Endo |
| Crew | Donald Richie (Director), Makoto Yamaguchi (Cinematography), Donald Richie (Music), Donald Richie (Writer), Donald Richie (Editor) |
| Keyword | satire, anthology |
| Release | Aug 14, 1967 |
| Runtime | 47 minutes |
| Quality | HD |
| IMDb | 7.00 / 10 by 7 users |
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