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Directions to Servants

Jan 1, 1978 · 1h 46m
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Comedy

PLOT

A man claiming to be the heir of an estate in northern japan finds himself at the doors of his mansion, only to find it overrun by servants and maids playing pretend as master or mistress, while the real master is nowhere to be found. As he makes his way down the many rooms of the mansion and witnesses the staff's strange antics, he gradually loses his own role and sense of identity. In this subversive play performed by Tenjo Sajiki, the spectator is asked to question their own role as hierarchical structures are reversed and walls between character and actor, actor and audience gradually break down.

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CAST

Keiko Niitaka
Yoko Ran
Salvador Tari
Pancho Meguro
Directed by Shūji Terayama

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Status
Released
Original language
JA
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Tenjo Sajiki
Country
JP
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