Fighting Delinquents
80 mins
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.
Toppa Utsumi
Uchiyama
Yasuhiro Kameyama
Sanpei
Hajime Sugiyama
Shige
Naoyoshi Ozawa
Chikunen
Emi Seo
Uchiyama's Woman
Kenzaburo Hara
Novel
Toshio Nakamura
Sound
Seitaro Omori
Original Music Composer
Akira Suzuki
Editor
Kazue Nagatsuka
Director of Photography
Akiyoshi Satani
Production Design
Sanpei Mine
Fight Choreographer
Toshio Ueda
Colorist
Gan Yamazaki
Screenplay
Saburo Mitsuo
Gaffer
Yoshio Mutô
Production Manager