<P> Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets (書 を 捨てよ 町 へ 出 よう, Sho o Suteyo Machi e Deyō) is a 1971 Japanese feature - length experimental drama film directed by Shūji Terayama . A metaphor for Japan's descent into materialism, it follows a young man's disillusionment with the world around him and his determination to achieve something in life while his family members are content with their poor social and economic standing . It was Terayama's first feature - length film . </P> <P> The film won the grand prize at the San Remo Film Festival, and was voted the ninth best Japanese film of 1971 in the Kinema Junpo poll of film critics . </P>

Hrow away your books rally in the streets