Yajû no seishun
ActionCrimeMystery
A violent thug plays opposing yakuza bosses against each other.
Director
Seijun Suzuki
Writers
Ichirô Ikeda, Haruhiko Ôyabu, Tadaaki Yamazaki
Stars
Jô Shishido, Misako Watanabe, Tamio Kawachi
Release Date
April 21, 1963
Language
Japanese
Country
Japan
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🎭 Top Cast
Jô Shishido
as Jôji 'Jo' Mizuno
Misako Watanabe
as Kumiko Takeshita
Tamio Kawachi
as Hideo Nomoto
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Minako Katsuki
as Sawako Miura
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Daisaburô Hirata
as Shibata
Eiji Gô
as Shigeru Takechi
Kôichi Uenoyama
as Masao Hisano
Akiji Kobayashi
as Tatsuo Nomoto
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Yûzô Kiura
as Takeo Minegishi
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Naomi Hoshi
as Keiko
🎬 Technical Specs
Aspect Ratio
2.35 : 1
Color
Black and White
Production
Nikkatsu
🏷️ Keywords
gang warorganized crimeyakuzaneo noirviolence
🎯 Categories
JapaneseActionCrimeMystery
⭐ Featured Review
A very hip 60's crime drama
"One of Suzuki's best films. The scenes behind the one-way glass in the nightclub make for some brilliant camera angles. Joe Shishido turns in another fine performance as a brutish thug with a secret agenda. If you are a fan of 60's era violent gangster type cinema don't pass this up!..."
💡 Did You Know?
This is is the first of Seijun Suzuki's films to be shot in black and white in the opening and then in color for the rest of the movie. He would do this again in Tokyo Drifter (1966).
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📖 Synopsis
A violent thug plays opposing yakuza bosses against each other.