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Summary:

High schooler Nanbu Kiroku yearns for the prim, Catholic Michiko, but her only desire is to reform Kiroku's sinful tendencies. Hormones raging, Kiroku channels his unsatisfied lust into the only outlet available: savage, crazed violence.

Contributors:

Otsuka, Kazu

Yamamoto, Naozumi, 1932-2002

Onda, Seijiro

Midorigawa, Hiroshi

Noro, Keisuke

Tamagawa, Isao

Miyagi, Chikako

Kataoka, Mitsuo

Asano, Junko

Suzuki, Seijun, 1923-2017

Takahashi, Hideki, 1964-

Kawazu, Yusuke

Home Vision (Firm)

Languages:

Japanese
English

Language Notes:

Japanese with English subtitles.

Related Series:

Criterion collection; [volume] 269

Alternate Titles:

Title translation: Fighting elegy

Subjects:

Youth — Japan — Drama

Violence — Japan — Drama

Japanese language films

Youth

Violence

Japan

Genres:

Feature films

Feature films — Japan

Foreign language films

Drama

System Details:

DVD, region 1, widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; mono.

Performers:

Cast: Hideki Takahashi, Yusuke Kawazu, Junko Asano, Mitsuo Kataoka, Chikako Miyagi, Isao Tamagawa, Keisuke Noro, Hiroshi Midorigawa, Seijiro Onda.

Production Credits:

Directed by Seijun Suzuki; Produced by Kazu Otsuka; Music by Naozumi Yamamoto.

General Notes:

Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1966.
Special features: new, restored high-definition digital transfer; original theatrical trailer; a new essay by renowned film critic Tony Rayns.

Audience:

MPAA rating: Not rated.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; monochrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical

Digital Characteristics:

video file; DVD video; region 1

Call Numbers:

KEN 1966 DVD

ISBNs:

0780029607

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 037429202722
Publisher Number, Homevision: FIG040

OCLC Numbers:

1053060299
57031652 [Invalid]