Youth of the Beast

Youth of the Beast
Directed by Seijun Suzuki
Produced by Keinosuke Kubo[1]
Screenplay by
  • Ichiro Ikeda
  • Tadaaki Yamazaki[1]
Based on A novel
by Haruhiko Oyabu
Starring
Music by Hajime Okumura[1]
Cinematography Kazue Nagatsuka[1]
Production
company
Release dates
  • 1963 (1963) (Japan)
Country Japan
Language Japanese

Youth of the Beast (野獣の青春 Yajū no seishun, aka Wild Youth) is a 1963 Japanese yakuza film directed by Seijun Suzuki. Much of the film is set in Tokyo.


Synopsis

To infiltrate a criminal organization responsible for the death of one of his colleagues, the Detective Tajima adopts the behavior of a brutal thug and plays opposing yakuza bosses against each other.

Cast

Release

Youth of the Beast was released in Japan in 1963.[2] It received a American release in the United States by Nikkatsu in 1993.[2]

Youth of the Beast was released on DVD by the Criterion Collection on January 11, 2005.[3] Eureka Entertainment released the film in on both Blu-ray and DVD release in 2014 as part of the Masters of Cinema range.[4]

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Galbraith IV 1996, p. 451.
  2. 1 2 3 Galbraith IV 1996, p. 452.
  3. ↑ "Youth of the Beast". AllMovie. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Youth of the Beast [Yajû no seishun]". Eureka Video. Retrieved 10 November 2016.

References

  • Galbraith IV, Stuart (1996). The Japanese Filmography: 1900 through 1994. McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0032-3. 

External links


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