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Fighting Elegy

19661h 26mNo ratings yet
  • Action
  • Drama
  • Comedy

Overview

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.

Keywords

  • based on memoir or autobiography
  • piano
  • violence
  • student
  • masculinity
  • young love
  • youth gang
  • sexual repression
  • japanese new wave
  • roman catholic church
  • the roots of violence
  • shōwa era (1926-89)

Details

Status
Released
Release date
November 9, 1966
Original language
Japanese
Spoken languages
Japanese
Countries
Japan
Producer
Kano Otsuka
Cinematography
Kenji Hagiwara
Budget
Not recorded
Revenue
Not recorded
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