---
title: 'Emperor Tomato Ketchup (1971)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Shūji Terayama'
released: '1971-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 72
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/emperor-tomato-ketchup-1971'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066468/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Emperor Tomato Ketchup (1971)

1971 · 72 min · Drama · Japan

Original title: トマトケチャップ皇帝

## Synopsis

Emperor Tomato Ketchup  is a Japanese short experimental film made by Shūji Terayama in 1970. A 27-minute cut was released in 1971. A "director's cut" of sorts, attempting to recreate the film as originally made, was released as a 75-minute feature in 1996, thirteen years after Terayama's death.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Shūji Terayama](https://cinepixo.com/people/shuji-terayama)
- **Screenplay:** [Shūji Terayama](https://cinepixo.com/people/shuji-terayama)
- **Producer:** [Art Theatre Guild](https://cinepixo.com/people/art-theatre-guild)

## Cast

- [Keiko Niitaka](https://cinepixo.com/people/keiko-niitaka)

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