Fighting Elegy

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MOVIE

Fighting Elegy

Kiroku boards with a Roman Catholic family and falls for the daughter Michiko. He ignores his feelings, joins a gang, gets in fights and, eventually, becomes involved with the radical Kita Ikki group.

Original Title

けんかえれじい

Release Date

1966-11-09

Year

1966

Duration

1h 26m

Status

Released

Score

6.90

#youth-gang#based-on-memoir-or-autobiography#sexual-repression#roman-catholic-church#young-love#masculinity#piano#japanese-new-wave#student#shōwa-era-(1926-89)#violence#the-roots-of-violence

Cast

Hideki Takahashi

Hideki Takahashi

Kiroku Nanbu

Yūsuke Kawazu

Yūsuke Kawazu

Suppon "Turtle"

Takeshi Katō

Takeshi Katō

Isao Tamagawa

Isao Tamagawa

Principal

Kayo Matsuo

Kayo Matsuo

Junko Asano

Junko Asano

Michiko

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Keiichi Ishikawa

Akira Takahashi

Akira Takahashi

Chikako Miyagi

Chikako Miyagi

Yoshino Nanbu

Jun Hamamura

Jun Hamamura