Movies and TvShows featuring "japanese-surrealism" theme.

The Happiness of the Katakuris is a dark comedy musical about the Katakuris, a family running a guesthouse in the mountains. They encounter a series of mysterious events that disrupt their lives. With an absurd sense of humor and elements of surrealism, the film explores themes of family, love, and perseverance.

Cat Soup is a unique and bizarre anime movie that follows the journey of a cat who embarks on a quest to retrieve his sister's soul. Filled with surreal and psychological elements, the film explores themes of life, death, and the human soul.

The Legend of the Stardust Brothers is a surreal comedy that follows two twin brothers who become musicians and face a series of absurd situations. Through ups and downs, they navigate the music industry, encounter bizarre characters, and discover the true power of their music. This campy and offbeat film explores themes of friendship, identity, and the pursuit of dreams.

Komori Chiaki is a budding tennis student. However, one day while training, her coach hits a ball into her eye on accident. At the hospital, the news that she will never regain the sight in her eye leaves her heartbroken. As a last resort, she undergoes a costly surgery from the mysterious doctor known as Black Jack, where after a successful operation, a mysterious figure starts to emerge in her vision, and only she can see it.

A drunken man with a cherry tree growing out of his head goes on a surreal journey through Tokyo, encountering bizarre characters and making absurd decisions.

An abstract animation about people and organs of the body in and out of drawers.

Experimental anime from animation pioneer Yoji Kuri from 1960.

A series of mini-stories satirising our world in the 20th Century.

The original version is monochrome, but in 1967 it was remade in color as an international version. In the international version, the first and twelfth episodes and the fake commercials have been omitted.

A small white box. Everything happens in that little world. A woman's face comes out from the side of the room and roars, birds peck at human flesh, trains run through, and a couple quarrel begins. When the billiard ball penetrates the room, the billiard ball changes into various shapes ... Each room is a world, and what happens there is a microcosm of modern times.

A man is continually stalked by a small woman named Kemoko who is utterly in love with him.

“ONAN is a work about desire (masturbation) which has no object but itself. The appearance of the large egg objectifies the man's desires. After colliding with the other (a girl), the hero falls down while still holding the egg, thus caricaturing the desire of the hero.” —Takahiko Iimura (takaiimura.com)