Synopsis
Nobuo is a hot-headed hoodlum fresh out of reform school who struggles to make a clean break with his tearaway past.
Movie Information
- Director
- Seijun Suzuki
- Writers
- Nobuyoshi Terada, Tatsuto Okada
- Release Year
- 1958
- Runtime
- 99 minutes
- Genre
- Drama
- Language
- JA
- Country
- Japan
- Status
- Released
- Rating
- 7.6 / 10 (8 votes)
Top Cast
Sachiko Hidari
Keiko Midorikawa
Akira Kobayashi
Nobuo Kasahara
Ruriko Asaoka
Kazue Sugita
Hideaki Nitani
Eijirô Yamada
Joe Shishido
Kajita
Akemi Ebata
Mayumi
Eiko Higashitani
Nanako Takagi
Taiji Tonoyama
Detective Shimamoto
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