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Title: Youth of the Beast (1963)
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Cast
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| Jô Shishido | ... | Jôji 'Jo' Mizuno (as Joe Shishido) | |
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Misako Watanabe | ... | Kumiko Takeshita |
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Tamio Kawaji | ... | Hideo Nomoto (as Tamio Kawachi) |
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Minako Katsuki | ... | Sawako Miura |
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Daisaburô Hirata | ... | Shibata |
| Eiji Gô | ... | Shigeru Takechi | |
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Kôichi Uenoyama | ... | Masao Hisano |
| Akiji Kobayashi | ... | Tatsuo Nomoto | |
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Yûzô Kiura | ... | Takeo Minegishi |
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Naomi Hoshi | ... | Keiko |
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Hiroshi Kôno | ... | Seizô Honma |
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Eimei Esumi | ... | Gorô Minami |
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Shuntarô Tamamura | ... | Shôichi Maeda |
| Mizuho Suzuki | ... | Detective Hirokawa | |
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Zenji Yamada | ... | Fujita |
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Joe Shishido plays a tough guy with a secret agenda. His violent behavior comes to the attention of a yakuza boss who immediately recruits him. He soon tries to make a deal with a rival gang a starts a gang war. His real motivations are gradually revealed as we find out how this all ties in with the murder of a policeman shown at the beginning of the film. Written by Fred Cabral <ftcabral@hotmail.com>
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This is is the first of Suzuki's films to be shot in black and white in the opening and then in color for the rest of the movie. He would do this again in Tokyo Drifter (1966). See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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21 April 1963 (Japan) See more »Also Known As:
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One of Suzuki's best films. The scenes behind the one-way glass in the nightclub make for some brilliant camera angles. Joe Shishido turns in another fine performance as a brutish thug with a secret agenda. If you are a fan of 60's era violent gangster type cinema don't pass this up!