Good-for-Nothing
6.8
Yoshida's first feature follows the lives of young students against a background of jazz, emptiness and boredom. The plot is fairly simple: a "good-for-nothing" from a poor background falls in love with the young secretary of his rich friend's father. The woman senses good in him and tries to lead him on the right path.
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Masahiko Tsugawa
Known for
The Boy and the Beast
Crazed Fruit
Yūsuke Kawazu
Toshio Akiyama
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Cruel Story of Youth
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Hizuru Takachiho
Ikuko Makino
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Fight, Zatoichi, Fight
Junichiro Yamashita
Morishita
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Gamera, the Giant Monster
Yosuke Hayashi
Fujieda
Known for
Cruel Story of Youth
Kakuko Chino
Hisako Makino
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A Town of Love and Hope
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Fumio Watanabe
Known for
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41
Masao Mishima
Kensaku Kitajima
Known for
Harakiri
Late Spring
Shōji Yasui
Known for
The Burmese Harp
Hiromi Sakaki
Also in
Tokyo Bay
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Kei Satō
Known for
Onibaba
Harakiri
Keizo Sasagawa
Also in
The Militarists
Lucky Dragon No. 5
Yoshishige Yoshida Director · Chūji Kinoshita Composer Tōichirō Narushima Cinematographer
First release July 5, 1960 · Produced in Japan · Production Shochiku Ofuna
Production
Shochiku
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Shochiku Ofuna
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Japan
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Original title
ろくでなし
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · July 5, 1960
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
France
July 6, 1960 · Theatrical
Russia
October 20, 2016 · Limited theatrical · Retrospective of Yoshishige Yoshida (Moscow)
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