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Fighting Elegy

Original title: Kenka erejî
  • 1966
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 26m
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Fighting Elegy (1966)
ActionComedyDrama

During the 1930s, a teenager yearns for a Catholic girl, whose only desire is to reform his sinful tendencies. Hormones raging, the young man channels his unsatisfied lust into the only outl... Read allDuring the 1930s, a teenager yearns for a Catholic girl, whose only desire is to reform his sinful tendencies. Hormones raging, the young man channels his unsatisfied lust into the only outlet available: savage, crazed violence.During the 1930s, a teenager yearns for a Catholic girl, whose only desire is to reform his sinful tendencies. Hormones raging, the young man channels his unsatisfied lust into the only outlet available: savage, crazed violence.

  • Director
    • Seijun Suzuki
  • Writers
    • Mitsutoshi Ishigami
    • Kaneto Shindô
    • Takashi Suzuki
  • Stars
    • Hideki Takahashi
    • Junko Asano
    • Yûsuke Kawazu
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.0/10
    1.5K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Seijun Suzuki
    • Writers
      • Mitsutoshi Ishigami
      • Kaneto Shindô
      • Takashi Suzuki
    • Stars
      • Hideki Takahashi
      • Junko Asano
      • Yûsuke Kawazu
    • 9User reviews
    • 18Critic reviews
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    Hideki Takahashi
    • Kiroku Nanbu
    Junko Asano
    • Michiko
    Yûsuke Kawazu
    Yûsuke Kawazu
    • Suppon 'Turtle'
    Chikako Miyagi
    • Yoshino Nanbu
    Takeshi Katô
    Takeshi Katô
    Isao Tamagawa
    • Principal
    Jun Hamamura
    Jun Hamamura
    Asao Sano
    Kensuke Akashi
    Iwae Arai
    Hiroyuki Atami
      Hiroshi Chiyoda
      Hiroshi Chô
      Hideo Fukuhara
      Yûzô Harumi
      Michio Hino
      Akira Hisamatsu
      Yôko Hokota
      • Director
        • Seijun Suzuki
      • Writers
        • Mitsutoshi Ishigami(screenplay) (uncredited)
        • Kaneto Shindô
        • Takashi Suzuki(novel)
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      • Trivia
        This film is part of the Criterion Collection, spine #269.
      • Connections
        Referenced in Century of Cinema: Nihon eiga no hyaku nen (1995)

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      6/10
      FIGHTING ELEGY (Seijun Suzuki, 1966) ***
      This was only my fourth Seijun Suzuki film - after TOKYO DRIFTER (1966), BRANDED TO KILL (1967) and PISTOL OPERA (2001) - and it's a typically energetic outing, with strong doses of comedy augmenting the character study of a young man who can only express himself adequately through violence and how he is forced to take stock of his life after falling in love with a cultured young girl. Drawing obvious parallels to FIGHT CLUB (1999), the film's fight scenes are quite well done but, even more interestingly, it looks forward to the struggle between religious faith and a violent environment that would surface in later films, primarily the work of Martin Scorsese (the script of FIGHTING ELEGY was penned by Kaneto Shindo, director of THE NAKED ISLAND [1960] and ONIBABA [1964]!). However, the film runs out of steam towards the end by taking an unexpectedly serious (and propagandist) turn which doesn't sit comfortably with the anarchy that had gone on before!
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      • Release date
        • November 9, 1966 (Japan)
      • Country of origin
        • Japan
      • Language
        • Japanese
      • Also known as
        • The Born Fighter
      • Filming locations
        • Okayama, Japan(High school)
      • Production company
        • Nikkatsu
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      • Runtime
        1 hour 26 minutes
      • Color
        • Black and White
      • Sound mix
        • Mono
      • Aspect ratio
        • 2.35 : 1

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