The read
It runs a compact 1h 26m.
Synopsis
Kiroku boards with a Roman Catholic family and falls for the daughter Michiko. He ignores his feelings, joins a gang, gets in fights and, eventually, becomes involved with the radical Kita Ikki group.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
39 audience votes
Key crew
- Seijun SuzukiDirector
- Naozumi YamamotoOriginal Music Composer
- Kaneto ShindōScreenplay
Cast
- Hideki TakahashiKiroku Nanbu
- Yūsuke KawazuSuppon "Turtle"
- Takeshi KatōCast
- Isao TamagawaPrincipal
- Kayo MatsuoCast
- Junko AsanoMichiko
- Keiichi IshikawaCast
- Akira TakahashiCast
- Chikako MiyagiYoshino Nanbu
- Jun HamamuraCast
- Asao SanoCast
- Kensuke AkashiCast
Stills
Themes
youth gangbased on memoir or autobiographysexual repressionroman catholic churchyoung lovemasculinitypianojapanese new wavestudentshōwa era (1926-89)violencethe roots of violence