Fighting Elegy (1966)

11/09/1966 (JP) • Comedy, Drama, Action • 1h 26m

Overview

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.

Fighting Elegy (1966)

11/09/1966 (JP) • 1h 26m

Comedy, Drama, Action

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Hideki Takahashi

Kiroku Nanbu

Yūsuke Kawazu

Suppon "Turtle"

Takeshi Katō

Isao Tamagawa

Principal

Kayo Matsuo

Junko Asano

Michiko

Keiichi Ishikawa

Akira Takahashi

Chikako Miyagi

Yoshino Nanbu

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Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

youth gang

based on memoir or autobiography

sexual repression

roman catholic church

young love

masculinity

piano

japanese new wave

student

shōwa era (1926-89)

violence

the roots of violence

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