Youth of the Beast
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Directed by | Seijun Suzuki |
Produced by | Keinosuke Kubo[1] |
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Based on |
A novel by Haruhiko Oyabu |
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Music by | Hajime Okumura[1] |
Cinematography | Kazue Nagatsuka[1] |
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Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Youth of the Beast (野獣の青春 Yajū no seishun, aka Wild Youth) is a 1963 Japanese yakuza film directed by Seijun Suzuki. Much of the film is set in Tokyo.
Synopsis
To infiltrate a criminal organization responsible for the death of one of his colleagues, the Detective Tajima adopts the behavior of a brutal thug and plays opposing yakuza bosses against each other.
Cast
- Joe Shishido - Joji 'Jo' Mizuno
- Misako Watanabe - Kumiko Takeshita
- Tamio Kawaji - Hideo Nomoto
- Eiji Gō - Takechi
- Akiji Kobayashi - Nomoto Tatsuo
- Yuzo Kiura - Minegishi Takeo
- Hiroshi Kono - Honma
- Eimei Esumi - Goro Minami
- Seijun Suzuki - Detective Hirokawa
Release
Youth of the Beast was released in Japan in 1963.[2] It received a American release in the United States by Nikkatsu in 1993.[2]
Youth of the Beast was released on DVD by the Criterion Collection on January 11, 2005.[3] Eureka Entertainment released the film in on both Blu-ray and DVD release in 2014 as part of the Masters of Cinema range.[4]
Footnotes
- 1 2 3 4 Galbraith IV 1996, p. 451.
- 1 2 3 Galbraith IV 1996, p. 452.
- ↑ "Youth of the Beast". AllMovie. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
- ↑ "Youth of the Beast [Yajû no seishun]". Eureka Video. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
References
- Galbraith IV, Stuart (1996). The Japanese Filmography: 1900 through 1994. McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0032-3.
External links
- Criterion Collection essay by Howard Hampton
- Youth of the Beast at Eureka Entertainment
- Youth of the Beast at the Internet Movie Database
- Youth of the Beast at AllMovie
- Youth of the Beast (Japanese) at the Japanese Movie Database
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