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Summary
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.
Good for
- Friends night
- Teens
- Thought-provoking
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 72GoodWatch 71
Audience score74%
IMDb6.9
Running time
1 h 26 min
Shorter than most comedies, −14 min on the typical 100
typical 10086Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 4 countries, rent or buy in 4 more
Released
1966
November 9, 1966
60 years ago
Genres
ComedyDramaLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Made in
Japan
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceStrong
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesModerate
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightSolo WatchTeensThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 4 moreDirecting · 3
- Seijun Suzuki Director
- Masami Kuzū Assistant Director
- Midori Kuwabara Script Supervisor
Writing · 2
- Kaneto Shindō Screenplay
- Takashi Suzuki Author
Production · 2
- Kano Otsuka Producer
- Masanori Yamanoi Production Manager
Camera · 1
- Kenji Hagiwara Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Mutsuo Tanji Editor
Sound · 2
- Naozumi Yamamoto Original Music Composer
- Yoshinobu Akino Sound
Art · 1
- Takeo Kimura Art Direction
Lighting · 1
- Hideo Kumagai Gaffer
Other crew · 1
- Masatoshi Takase Fight Choreographer
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