58.3

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Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets

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Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets

1971 · 137 min · Japan · Japanese

Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets (1971) is a solid-tier movie on goodrecmovies, rated 7.5/10 on IMDb from 2,638 votes. Updated 2026-10-27

58.3GRM score

★ 7.5IMDb · 3k

An experimental, psychedelic odyssey through Japanese subculture experienced via the eyes of a disillusioned young man, who must contend with intense familial dysfunction, psychosexual alienation, and existentialist malaise.

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Hideaki Kitamura

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Yukiko Kobayashi

Setsumu Kitamura

Prostitute Midori

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