Comedy ·Drama ·Action · Japan · 1966 · 1h 26m

Fighting Elegy

けんかえれじい

Fighting Elegy poster
Director
Seijun Suzuki
Cast
Hideki Takahashi as Kiroku Nanbu Yūsuke Kawazu as Suppon "Turtle" Takeshi Katō as Isao Tamagawa as Principal Kayo Matsuo as Junko Asano as Michiko
Crew
Kenji Hagiwara — Director of Photography Mutsuo Tanji — Editor Naozumi Yamamoto — Original Music Composer Kaneto Shindō — Screenplay Kano Otsuka — Producer
Synopsis

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.

Trailer Fighting Elegy — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
youth gangbased on memoir or autobiographysexual repressionroman catholic churchyoung lovemasculinitypianojapanese new wavestudentshōwa era (1926-89)violencethe roots of violence
Key Collaborators
Seijun Suzuki Director Kenji Hagiwara Director of Photography Mutsuo Tanji Editor Naozumi Yamamoto Original Music Composer Kaneto Shindō Screenplay Kano Otsuka Producer
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