
Five Filosophical Fables
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1967-08-14 • 0h 47m
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.
- Directors
- Donald Richie
- Writters
- Donald Richie
- Editors
- Donald Richie, Donald Richie

Five Filosophical Fables
Visit website1967-08-14 • 0h 47m
7.0/10 • 7
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.
- Directors
- Donald Richie
- Writters
- Donald Richie
- Editors
- Donald Richie, Donald Richie
Top Billed Cast
View CreditsHiroyasu Sasaki
Jiro Yagi
Miiko Kiinjo
Rari Mitsuhashi
Teiiji Endo
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- Original Language
- English
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- Keywords
- satireanthology