Farewell to the Ark

Fellini's Roma without the Eternal City. A remote village empties as its denizens seek lives elsewhere, leaving behind two cousins in love and a host of fading customs. Terayama's vision is singular, a phantasmagoric rendering of cultural dissipation.

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Shūji Terayama directed Farewell to the Ark in 1984. See Shūji Terayama's full filmography, where to start with Shūji Terayama, or where to go after you've seen everything by Shūji Terayama.

Farewell to the Ark was released in 1984 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 127 minutes.