Emperor Tomato Ketchup (film)
Emperor Tomato Ketchup (トマトケチャップ皇帝, Tomato Kechappu Kōtei) is a Japanese short experimental film made by Shūji Terayama in 1970. A 27-minute cut was released in 1971. A "director's cut" of sorts, attempting to recreate the film as originally made, was released as a 75-minute feature in 1996, thirteen years after Terayama's death.
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Film poster for 1996 re-release | |
| Kanji | トマトケチャップ皇帝 |
| Revised Hepburn | Tomato Kechappu Kōtei |
| Directed by | Shūji Terayama |
| Written by | Shūji Terayama |
| Produced by | Art Theatre Guild |
| Starring | Keiko Niitaka (新高恵子) Salvador Tari (サルバドール・タリ) |
| Distributed by | Daguerreo Press |
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Running time | 75 min (1970) 27 min (1971) 75 min (1996) |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
A twelve-minute abridgement of the film, Rock Paper Scissors War (ジャンケン戦争, Jan-ken-sensō), was also released in 1971.
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