Synopsis
High schooler Kiroku Nanbu yearns for the prim, Catholic Michiko, but her only desire is to reform Kiroku’s sinful tendencies. Hormones raging, Kiroku channels his unsatisfied lust into the only outlet available: savage, crazed violence. Fighting Elegy (Kenka Erejii) is a unique masterpiece in the diverse career of Seijun Suzuki, combining the director’s signature bravura visual style with a brilliantly focused satire of machismo and fascism.
Cast
| Kiroku Nanbu | Hideki Takahashi |
| Michiko | Junko Asano |
| Turtle | Yusuke Kawazu |
| Takuan | Mitsuo Kataoka |
| Principal of Kitakata J.H.S. | Isao Tamagawa |
| Kaneda | Keisuke Noro |
| Ikki Kita | Hiroshi Midorigawa |
| Kiroku’s father | Seijiro Onda |
| Yoshino Nanbu | Chikako Miyagi |
Credits
| Director | Seijun Suzuki |
| Art direction | Takeo Kimura |
| Cinematography | Kenji Hagiwara |
| Screenplay | Kaneto Shindo |
| Based on a novel by | Takashi Suzuki |
| Editing | Mutsuo Tanji |
| Music | Naozumi Yamamoto |
| Producer | Kazu Otsuka |
Disc Features
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer
- Original theatrical trailer
- New and improved English subtitle translation
- PLUS: A new essay by renowned critic and historian Tony Rayns
From the Current
Fighting Elegy
by Jan 10, 2005In an essay published in 1981 in the Japanese film magazine Art Theater, Suzuki Seijun’s kid brother Kenji offered what still stands as one of the most illuminating comments on his brother’s cinema: “Seijun and I are completely different characters, but we do share one trait, and...
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