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7.5/10
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A young hoodlum decides to work for a criminal organization that is tearing itself apart.A young hoodlum decides to work for a criminal organization that is tearing itself apart.A young hoodlum decides to work for a criminal organization that is tearing itself apart.
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Akira Yamanouchi
- Sakiyama
- (as Akira Yamauchi)
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- TriviaThis film is part of the Criterion Collection, spine #472.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Cinéma, de notre temps: Shohei Imamura, le libre penseur (1995)
Featured review
This movie takes place in post-war Japan which is under American occupation and essentially focuses on a young man named "Kinta" (Hiroyuki Nagato) who basically does what he can to make ends meet. One day he decides to join an extortion racket and is put in charge of feeding hogs that belong to the local gang. Although she truly loves him, his girlfriend "Haruko" (Jitsuko Yoshimura) not only disapproves of his decision but is also one month pregnant by him as well. Knowing that Kinta isn't quite ready to settle down and support a family she decides to have an abortion which Kinta helps pay for. Meanwhile, the gang Kinta has joined gets involved in murder and soon things become quite complicated for all involved. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this was a complex film for which I may have missed a few nuances here and there. For example, the manner in which the American military was depicted certainly wasn't favorable--but then the depiction of the Japanese gangsters wasn't that favorable either. That said, it seemed to me that the overall message of the story pertained equally to deplorable members from both Japanese and American society and subsequently upon their negative effect on the culture of Japan as a whole. At least, that is how it seemed to me. In any case, I found this to be an interesting film and I have rated it accordingly. Above average.
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- Runtime1 hour 48 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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