Fighting Elegy
6.9
Kiroku boards with a Roman Catholic family and falls for the daughter Michiko. He ignores his feelings, joins a gang, gets in fights and, eventually, becomes involved with the radical Kita Ikki group.
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Cast
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Hideki Takahashi
Kiroku Nanbu
Known for
Napping Princess
Yūsuke Kawazu
Suppon "Turtle"
Known for
Cruel Story of Youth
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
Takeshi Katō
Known for
High and Low
The Bad Sleep Well
Isao Tamagawa
Principal
Known for
Branded to Kill
Tokyo Drifter
Kayo Matsuo
Known for
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx
Shogun Assassin
Junko Asano
Michiko
Also in
Samurai Vendetta
Jûnana-sai no teikô
Keiichi Ishikawa
Also in
Burning Nature
Night of Bloody Hell
Akira Takahashi
Known for
Star of David: Beauty Hunting
Blind Woman's Curse
Chikako Miyagi
Yoshino Nanbu
Also in
Carmen from Kawachi
Yumeji
Jun Hamamura
Known for
The Burmese Harp
Gamera, the Giant Monster
Asao Sano
Known for
Fires on the Plain
Cruel Story of Youth
Kensuke Akashi
Also in
A Colt is My Passport
Youth of the Beast
Seijun Suzuki Director · Kaneto Shindō Screenplay Takashi Suzuki Author
First release November 9, 1966 · Produced in Japan · Original title けんかえれじい
Production
Nikkatsu Corporation
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Japan
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Original title
けんかえれじい
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · November 9, 1966
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
France
March 25, 2026 · Theatrical · Retrospective of Seijun Suzuki
Russia
November 26, 2013 · Limited theatrical · Retrospective of Seijun Suzuki (Moscow)
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