Live Today, Die Tomorrow!
Michio Yamada, a recent school graduate, is sent to Tokyo to work as a fruit-packer in a department store as part of a government programme. He takes a gun from a house on an American base and uses it to kill several people. The scene changes to Yamada's childhood. Yamada is born the child of a reprobate and a weak-willed woman. As a boy Yamada, experiences poverty and the rape of his sister at first hand.
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Kaneto Shindō Director · Shozo Matsuda Screenplay Isao Seki Screenplay
United States release September 29, 1971 · Produced in Japan · Original title 裸の十九才
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Kindai Eiga Kyokai
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Japan
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Original title
裸の十九才
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · October 31, 1970
Theatrical
United States · September 29, 1971
Russia
July 1, 1971 · Moscow Film Festival
Russia
February 26, 1973 · Theatrical
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