Youth of the Beast
| Youth of the Beast | |
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| Directed by | Seijun Suzuki |
| Produced by | Keinosuke Kubo |
| Written by |
Ichirō Ikeda Tadāki Yamazaki Haruhiko Oyabu (Novel) |
| Starring | Joe Shishido |
| Music by | Hajime Okumura |
| Cinematography | Kazue Nagatsuka |
| Distributed by | Nikkatsu |
Release dates |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Youth of the Beast (野獣の青春 Yajū no seishun, aka Wild Youth) is a 1963 Japanese yakuza film directed by Seijun Suzuki. Much of the film is set in Tokyo.
Synopsis
To infiltrate a criminal organization responsible for the death of one of his colleagues, the Detective Tajima adopts the behavior of a brutal thug and plays opposing yakuza bosses against each other.
Cast
- Joe Shishido - Joji 'Jo' Mizuno
- Misako Watanabe - Kumiko Takeshita
- Tamio Kawaji - Hideo Nomoto
- Eiji Gō - Takechi
- Akiji Kobayashi - Nomoto Tatsuo
- Yuzo Kiura - Minegishi Takeo
- Hiroshi Kono - Honma
- Eimei Esumi - Goro Minami
- Seijun Suzuki - Detective Hirokawa
Home video
Criterion Collection released the film on DVD in the USA and Canada in 2005. Eureka Entertainment released the film in the UK in a Dual-format Blu-ray/DVD release in 2014 as part of the Masters of Cinema range.
External links
- Criterion Collection essay by Howard Hampton
- Youth of the Beast at Eureka Entertainment
- Youth of the Beast at the Internet Movie Database
- Youth of the Beast at AllMovie
- Youth of the Beast (Japanese) at the Japanese Movie Database
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