The Eraser (1977)

Stills, screencaps & shots from The Eraser

16 of 123 frames — the full set is searchable by lighting, lens, shot size, color and mood with a free account.

What is The Eraser about?

Visions of characters by the seaside from one's memory are erased by the filmmaker's hand.

Who stars in The Eraser?

• Yoko Ran
• SSetsuko Fujino
• MMegumi Tanaka

Who made The Eraser?

• Shūji TerayamaDirector
• Tatsuo SuzukiCinematography
• Eiko KujoProducer

What does the cinematography of The Eraser look like?

Sampled across 123 frames, the coverage of The Eraser leans on medium shots (47% of the sample) and close-ups (35%). Cinematographer Tatsuo Suzuki keeps 44% of it in soft, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 54% of the frames. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 76% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

What is the color palette of The Eraser?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Eraser (1977) are #2f2f2f, #0d0d0e, #514f4c, #d1d0ce, #f7f6f5, #8c8c8b — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

• #2f2f2f
• #0d0d0e
• #514f4c
• #d1d0ce
• #f7f6f5
• #8c8c8b

See the full The Eraser colour palette — every hex with its share, plus warmth, saturation and luminance.

Techniques in this film

• Anamorphic Lens Shots
• Shallow Depth of Field
• Soft Light
• Night Scenes
• Close-Up Shots

More films by Shūji Terayama

• A Tale of Smallpox (1975)
• An Attempt to Describe the Measure of a Man (1977)
• Butterfly (1974)
• Emperor Tomato Ketchup
• Labyrinth Tale (1975)
• Laura (1974)
• Les Chants de Maldoror (1977)
• Pastoral To Die In The Country (1974)
• The Cage (1964)
• The Reading Machine (1977)
• The War of Jan-Ken-Pon (1971)
• The Woman with Two Heads (1977)