The War of Jan-Ken-Pon

Year: 1971

Runtime: 12 mins

Language: Japanese

Director: Shūji Terayama

War

The conflict unfolds as two generals reenact WWII using a rock‑scissors‑paper game, interspersed with bizarre, almost surreal torture methods reminiscent of 1970s Japanese exploitation cinema. Set against classical music, chirping birds and incendiary Nazi speeches, they duel in a seemingly pointless contest amid an abandoned bleak industrial site.

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