Fighting Delinquents (1960)
This rarely seen gem from master Suzuki casts teenage heartthrob Koji Wada as a young misfit who suddenly finds himself the unwitting pawn in an escalating family feud that ultimately leads to tragedy. Lean, mean, and stylish as always, this tale of youth-gone-wild is both vibrant and touching. Suzuki contrasts tranquil glimpses of traditional regional life with the emergence of the new rock 'n' roll youth culture and the greed and seething cynicism of encroaching Westernism. Also released under the title "Go To Hell, Hoodlums!", this is a melodrama as colorful, shocking, and exhilarating as one would come to expect from Japan's master filmmaker.
Director:
Seijun Suzuki
Writer:
Gan Yamazaki
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Kōji Wada as Sadao Matsudaira |
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Mayumi Shimizu as Kazuko Izeki |
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Eitarō Ozawa as Kanjuro Mizoguchi |
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Yoshiko Nezu as Miyo |
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Emiko Azuma as Yuki Maehara - Nanjo's Secretary |
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Chikako Hosokawa as Ikuyo Matsudaira |
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Toppa Utsumi as Uchiyama |
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Hiroshi Hijikata as The Person in Charge of the Accident |
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Kaku Takashina as Sanshiro Izeki, clan retainer |
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Saburo Hiromatsu as Kodaira |
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Hiroshi Kondō as Nanjo - Kyokuto Kanko CEO |
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Yasuhiro Kameyama as Sanpei |
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Hajime Sugiyama as Shige |
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Naoyoshi Ozawa as Chikunen |
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Ryūsei Itō as |
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Akira Hisamatsu as |
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Hatsuko Wakahara as |
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Tsuchiyasu Kinohara as |
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Ei Shirai as |
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Teruaki Toki as |
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Koichiro Sakai as |
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Ayako Fukuda as |
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Yoshigi Ôba as |
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Hiroshi Takao as |
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Dokô Kihara as |
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Eiko Takada as |
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Emi Seo as Uchiyama's Woman |
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Susumu Ôzeki as |
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Yuri Ariake as |
| Directing | Seijun Suzuki | Director |
| Writing | Kenzaburo Hara | Novel |
| Art | Akiyoshi Satani | Production Design |
| Directing | Shōgorō Nishimura | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Kazue Nagatsuka | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Akira Suzuki | Editor |
| Sound | Toshio Nakamura | Sound |
| Sound | Seitaro Omori | Original Music Composer |
| Lighting | Saburo Mitsuo | Gaffer |
| Editing | Toshio Ueda | Colorist |
| Production | Yoshio Mutô | Production Manager |
| Writing | Gan Yamazaki | Screenplay |
| Crew | Sanpei Mine | Fight Choreographer |