Thriller ·Crime ·Action ·Mystery · Japan · 1963 · 1h 32m

Youth of the Beast

野獣の青春

Youth of the Beast poster
Director
Seijun Suzuki
Cast
Joe Shishido as Jôji 'Jo' Mizuno Misako Watanabe as Kumiko Takeshita Tamio Kawachi as Hideo Nomoto Minako Katsuki as Sawako Miura Daizaburo Hirata as Shibata Eimei Esumi as Gorô Minami
Crew
Kazue Nagatsuka — Director of Photography Akira Suzuki — Editor Hajime Okumura — Original Music Composer Ichirō Ikeda — Writer Tadaaki Yamazaki — Writer Haruhiko Oyabu — Novel
Synopsis

When a mysterious stranger muscles into two rival yakuza gangs, Tokyo's underworld explodes with violence.

Trailer Youth of the Beast — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
yakuzagang wartokyo, japanformer detective
Key Collaborators
Seijun Suzuki Director Kazue Nagatsuka Director of Photography Akira Suzuki Editor Hajime Okumura Original Music Composer Ichirō Ikeda Writer Tadaaki Yamazaki Writer Haruhiko Oyabu Novel Keinosuke Kubo Producer Yoshinaga Yoko'o Production Design
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