# The Cage (1964)

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**Original title**: *檻囚*
**Runtime**: 11 min
**Genres**: Fantasy
**Directed by**: Shūji Terayama
**Written by**: Shūji Terayama
**Starring**: Eiko Kujo, Mr. Nippon, Yoshihiro Tatsuki, Ishihara Yuko, Debuko Ôyama, Ken Takeuchi

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Jailhouse Rock meets Last Year at Marienbad through a child’s fever dream. A time-bound inmate shuffles in shifting corridors. The walls themselves age around him. A one-man parade of regret.

**Mood tags**: slow-burn, surreal

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