Fighting Elegy
けんかえれじい
1966 · 1h 26m · Comedy, Drama · Japan
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.
Directed by
Seijun SuzukiWritten by
Kaneto Shindō6.3Smart score
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based on memoir or autobiographyjapanese new wavemasculinitypianoroman catholic churchsexual repressionshōwa era (1926-89)studentthe roots of violenceviolenceyoung loveyouth gang
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