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The Cage (1964)

Directed by Shūji Terayama · Cinematography by Yoshihiro Tatsuki

11 min12 frames

Fantasy

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The Cage (1964) movie still: medium — A man looks out from a window framed by vertical wooden siding and foliage. The entire scene is drenched in a…The Cage (1964) movie still: wide — An asphalt ground surface features a large, ornate circular mural with swirling decorative patterns. A solitary…The Cage (1964) movie still: medium — A dark, empty room is lit by a high-contrast monochromatic green light source. A man leans forward over a…The Cage (1964) movie still: fullbody — Two muscular men stand in side profile inside a dilapidated wooden frame structure. They are illuminated by…The Cage (1964) movie still: closeup — An extreme close-up of a smiling face fills the frame. The entire image is filtered with a vibrant green…The Cage (1964) movie still: wide — Tall, nondescript buildings frame a narrow urban canyon under dark night conditions. A prominent circular sign…The Cage (1964) movie still: fullbody — A person walks alone along a dark asphalt road surface. The entire scene is bathed in a saturated green…The Cage (1964) movie still: closeup — A dark, obstructed view shows only a human eye behind a wooden plank barrier. The scene is saturated with a…The Cage (1964) movie still: wide — A quiet urban sidewalk lined with buildings is bathed in a monochrome green light. A lone figure walks towards…The Cage (1964) movie still: fullbody — A woman stands in a grassy field during the night under night-vision lighting. She holds a vertical…The Cage (1964) movie still: medium — A light-colored goat stands in a rocky quarry surrounded by piles of dark gravel. The animal faces the camera…The Cage (1964) movie still: fullbody — Two muscular men in athletic trunks pose on a flat concrete surface. The ground features a dark puddle…
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What is The Cage about?

Finished shooting in 1962, the movie’s cast was almost the same as its crew. With a bunch of experimental symbols such as skinny human body, clock and goat flow from one scene to another, the film explores the question of whether a man is a prisoner of time.

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What does the cinematography of The Cage look like?

Sampled across 12 frames, the coverage of The Cage leans on full-body frames and medium shots. The camera returns again and again to high angles. Cinematographer Yoshihiro Tatsuki keeps much of it in hard-edged, low-key light. Night and dusk account for most of the frames. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in most of the frames.

What is the color palette of The Cage?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Cage (1964) are #006903, #32cd32, #008600, #003500, #004a04, #000f01 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

  • #006903
  • #32cd32
  • #008600
  • #003500
  • #004a04
  • #000f01

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