Fighting Elegy
Fighting Elegy

Movie·1966·1h 26m

Fighting Elegy

Directed By

Seijun Suzuki

Country

Japan

Language

Japanese

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The Story

Original title: けんかえれじい

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.

Written By

Kaneto Shindō

Producer

Kano Otsuka

Cinematography

Kenji Hagiwara

Music

Naozumi Yamamoto

Editor

Mutsuo Tanji

Themes

youth gangbased on memoir or autobiographysexual repressionroman catholic churchyoung lovemasculinitypianojapanese new wavestudentshōwa era (1926-89)violencethe roots of violence

Production House

Nikkatsu Corporation

Audience Score

70%

37 votes

Skip10%
Timepass22%
Go for it39%
Perfection29%

Where to watch

Region: US

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Cast

Hideki Takahashi

Hideki Takahashi

Kiroku Nanbu

Yūsuke Kawazu

Yūsuke Kawazu

Suppon "Turtle"

Takeshi Katō

Takeshi Katō

Isao Tamagawa

Isao Tamagawa

Principal

Kayo Matsuo

Kayo Matsuo

Junko Asano

Junko Asano

Michiko

Keiichi Ishikawa

Akira Takahashi

Akira Takahashi

Chikako Miyagi

Chikako Miyagi

Yoshino Nanbu

Jun Hamamura

Jun Hamamura

Asao Sano

Asao Sano

Kensuke Akashi

Iwae Arai

Hiroyuki Atami

Hiroshi Chiyoda

Hiroshi Chō

Hideo Fukuhara

Yūzō Harumi

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Crew

Seijun Suzuki

Seijun Suzuki

Director

Kenji Hagiwara

Director of Photography

Kano Otsuka

Producer

Mutsuo Tanji

Editor

Naozumi Yamamoto

Naozumi Yamamoto

Original Music Composer

Kaneto Shindō

Kaneto Shindō

Screenplay

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