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Youth of the Beast

Name: Youth of the Beast
Director: Seijun Suzuki
Genre: Thriller, Crime, Action, Mystery
Released: 1963
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Joe Shishido, Misako Watanabe, Tamio Kawachi, Minako Katsuki, Daizaburo Hirata

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

1963 · Directed by Seijun Suzuki · 92 min · Thriller · Crime · Action · Mystery · 10 frames

Crew

Written by: Tadaaki Yamazaki, Ichirō Ikeda
Cinematography: Kazue Nagatsuka
Edited by: Akira Suzuki
Music: Hajime Okumura
Production design: Yoshinaga Yoko'o
Produced by: Keinosuke Kubo

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
Eiji Gō as Shigeru Takechi
Akiji Kobayashi as Tatsuo Nomoto
Masao Shimizu as Yôsuke Ishiyama
Nobuo Kaneko as Sôichi Ozawa

Production

Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Studios: Nikkatsu Corporation
Themes: yakuza, gang war, tokyo, japan, criminal underworld, former detective

More by Seijun Suzuki

Branded to Kill — 1967
Tokyo Drifter — 1966

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