Old and young sex scenes in scandal arthouse movie (1971)

Old and young scenes from a Japanese avant-garde film, around which there were many scandals and disputes.The Director was accused of producing forbidden content, to which he replied that he was not interested in pornography, which he saw as a tool of state oppression, but created visions of an erotic utopia. The film was made in response to the Nazi Holocaust camps, Hiroshima, the violence in Nanjing, the Vietnam war, etc. He Tarama survived the American bombing, which destroyed his hometown, killing tens of thousands of people. He had seen the charred bodies of women and the scattered body parts of children when, when he was a child. These childhood memories remained with him for the rest of his life. This is a film about a revolution and a utopian dream. In the film, in a certain colony, children overthrow the power of their parents and try to form a new society. But without a plan, they are soon lost in the web of sexual deviance and violence. Teenagers seem helpless and clumsy in handling the power they have received. They may not have been able to understand why they should have power, but they still want it. Nude scenes in the film are not erotic. Terayama explores anarchist political movements, social problems and sexual, but in any case, they are not intended for sexual arousal. Although scenes containing nudity do show a Mature woman and child, they are nudist in nature. And they are more playful than pornographic. It was the Director's way of expressing his ideas in a poetic, surreal way.