Overview

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.

Cast

Hiroyasu Sasaki, Jiro Yagi, Miiko Kiinjo, Rari Mitsuhashi, Teiiji Endo

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What is "Five Filosophical Fables" about?

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.

When was "Five Filosophical Fables" released?

Five Filosophical Fables was released in 1967.

Who stars in "Five Filosophical Fables"?

The cast includes Hiroyasu Sasaki, Jiro Yagi, Miiko Kiinjo, Rari Mitsuhashi.

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