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JAPAN · 1971

The War of Jan-Ken-Pon

Shuji Terayama
war satire absurdist humor rock-paper-scissors games World War II allegory experimental cinema
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Synopsis

Paper-Scissor-Rock wars draws an episode where the two generals portray the Second World War, mostly through the rock-scissors-bag, but also by some absurd torture techniques that bring to mind some sort of Japanese artificial 70s jack ass. To the sound of classical music, birds chirping and Nazi incendiary speeches travels generals, ever contestant in the seemingly meaningless game around at an a

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