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Fighting Elegy
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7.0Kiroku 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.
Released: 1966-11-0986 minDir: Seijun SuzukiComedy, Drama, Action
▶ Watch trailerStream on: Criterion Channel
Cast
- Hideki Takahashi as Kiroku Nanbu
- Yūsuke Kawazu as Suppon "Turtle"
- Takeshi Katō
- Isao Tamagawa as Principal
- Kayo Matsuo
- Junko Asano as Michiko
Themes
- youth gang
- based on memoir or autobiography
- sexual repression
- roman catholic church
- young love
- masculinity
- piano
- japanese new wave
- student
- shōwa era (1926-89)
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