Fighting Delinquents
6.3
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.
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Cast
44 people
Kōji Wada
Sadao Matsudaira
Known for
Gate of Flesh
Gappa, the Triphibian Monster
Mayumi Shimizu
Kazuko Izeki
Also in
From the Northern Country
Tokyo Knights
Seijun Suzuki
Also in
Cold Fever
La Belle Fille Masquée Poitrine
Kenzaburo Hara
Seitaro Omori
Hideo Koi
Eitarō Ozawa
Kanjuro Mizoguchi
Known for
Ugetsu
The Return of Godzilla
Akira Suzuki
Iwao Yamazaki
Yoshiko Nezu
Miyo
Also in
Everything Goes Wrong
Tokyo Knights
Kazue Nagatsuka
Emiko Azuma
Yuki Maehara - Nanjo's Secretary
Known for
Funeral Parade of Roses
Seijun Suzuki Director · Gan Yamazaki Screenplay Kenzaburo Hara Author
First release November 23, 1960 · Produced in Japan · Original title くたばれ愚連隊
Production
Nikkatsu Corporation
Production
Japan
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Languages
Original title
くたばれ愚連隊
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · November 23, 1960
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Russia
October 18, 2013 · Limited theatrical · Retrospective of Seijun Suzuki (Moscow)
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