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We've listed a number of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription alternatives - along with the availability of 'Smallpox Tale' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the fundamentals of how you can watch 'Smallpox Tale' right now, here are some particulars about the Tenjo Sajiki flick.
Released , 'Smallpox Tale' stars Keiko Niitaka, Yoko Ran, Takeshi Wakamatsu The movie has a runtime of about 34 min, and received a user score of 20 (out of 100) on TMDb, which assembled reviews from 1 knowledgeable users.
What, so now you want to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "The smallpox virus has created its own unique atmosphere in Terayama’s film where the skin of a bandaged adolescent and the surface of the filmic image are subjected to a bizarre ‘disturbance’ as snails cross the screen and nails are hammered into the skull of the ailing patient. Illness in this film is as much a psychic entity as a physical one and manifests itself in an array of theatrical tableaux from grotesque women rigorously brushing their teeth to a snooker game where the players in white face makeup behave like automata. A Tale of Smallpox uses a medical theme to chart the traumatic dream life of Terayama’s times, evincing deep-rooted concerns in the Japanese national psyche that hark back to the upheaval of Meiji modernisation and the devastation of World War Two." .