Synopsis
When a mysterious stranger muscles into two rival yakuza gangs, Tokyo’s underworld explodes with violence. Youth of the Beast (Yaju no Seishun) was a breakthrough for director Seijun Suzuki, introducing the flamboyant colors, hallucinatory images, and striking compositions that would become his trademark. The Criterion Collection proudly presents the film that revitalized the yakuza genre and helped define the inimitable style of a legendary cinematic renegade.
Cast
| Joji Mizuno | Joe Shishido |
| Kumiko | Misako Watanabe |
| Hideo Nomoto | Tamio Kawaji |
| Koichi Takeshita | Ichiro Kijima |
| Hirokawa | Mizuho Suzuki |
| Tatsuo Nomoto | Shoji Kobayashi |
| Shinsuke Onodera | Kinzo Shin |
| Shigeru Takechi | Eiji Go |
Credits
| Director | Seijun Suzuki |
| Cinematography | Kazue Nagatsuka |
| Production Design | Yoshinaga Yokoo |
| Screenplay | Ichiro Ikeda and Tadaaki Yamazaki |
| Based on a novel by | Haruhiko Oyabu |
| Music | Hajime Okumura |
| Producer | Keinosuke Kubo |
Disc Features
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer
- Video interviews with director Seijun Suzuki and actor Joe Shishido, made by Nikkatsu in 2001
- Original theatrical trailer
- New and improved English subtitle translation
- PLUS: A new essay by film critic Howard Hampton
From the Current
Youth of the Beast: Screaming Target
by Jan 10, 2005“Just shut up and watch!”So snarls a frenzied gangster-pimp to baby-faced tough Joe Shishido as the creep whips a prostrate prostitute. There’s plenty for the naked eye to absorb: the delicate calligraphic detail of the bloody lash marks, set off by her tasteful black cocktail dress . . .
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