The Cage
Finished shooting in 1962, the movie’s cast was almost the same as its crew. With a bunch of experimental symbols such as skinny human body, clock and goat flow from one scene to another, the film explores the question of whether a man is a prisoner of time.
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📋 Film Details
| Original Title | 檻囚 |
| Year | 1964 |
| Country | Japan |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Director | Shūji Terayama |
| Runtime | 11 min. |
| Rating | TMDB: 5.8/10 (13 votes) |
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🎬 MovieFinder's Take
The film constructs its reality through a cascade of experimental symbols—emaciated forms, ticking clocks, a silent goat—that flow with a dreamlike logic. It explores the metaphysical prison of time not with narrative, but through pure, unsettling visual poetry.
What lingers after the final frame is a profound silence and the echo of its central, unanswerable question. It is an experience of contemplation rather than consumption. — MovieFinder Editorial
Director: Shūji Terayama
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Late at night, in darkness, surrendering to its hypnotic visual rhythm.
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