Film

Directions to Servants

1978 · 1h 46m · Comedy

A man claiming to be the heir of an estate in northern japan finds himself at the doors of his mansion, only to find it overrun by servants and maids playing pretend as master or mistress, while the real master is nowhere to be found. As he makes his way down the many rooms of the mansion and witnesses the staff's strange antics, he gradually loses his own role and sense of identity. In this subversive play performed by Tenjo Sajiki, the spectator is asked to question their own role as hierarchical structures are reversed and walls between character and actor, actor and audience gradually break down.

Keiko Niitaka

Yoko Ran

Salvador Tari

Pancho Meguro

• Shūji TerayamaDirector · Writer
• Jonathan SwiftStory

Release date

January 1, 1978

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 46m

Genres

Comedy