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Vibrant, colorful, Yakuza flick par excellance. moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)Jo Shishido | ... | Joji 'Jo' Mizuno | |
Ichiro Kijima | ... | Detective Takeshita Koichi - Jo's former partner | |
Misako Watanabe | ... | Kumiko Takeshita | |
Seijun Suzuki | ... | Detective Hirokawa | |
Akiji Kobayashi | ... | Nomoto Tatsuo | |
Tamio Kawaji | ... | Hideo Nomoto | |
Hideaki Esumi | ... | Minami Goro (as Ezumi Hideaki) | |
Nobuo Kaneko | ... | Ozawa Soichi | |
Shirô Yanase | ... | Ishizaki Ken | |
Hiroshi Kono | ... | Honma | |
Kinzo Shin | ... | Shinsuke Onodera | |
Eiji Go | ... | Shigeru Takechi | |
Yuzo Kiura | ... | Minegishi Takeo | |
Go Kuroda | ... | Morikawa Tokio | |
Tomio Aoki | ... | Matsui Terumi |
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The Brute (USA)The Young Rebel
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Youth of the Beast (USA) (video title)
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This is one of the Yakuza movies made during the height of Seijun Suzuki's run at Nikkatsu Studios. It's not as abstract as the later stuff but it's just as brilliant. It can't be stressed enough that though he made "entertainment films" he did it with a vengeance. I've seen four of his films so far, ranging from 1958 to 1967, and they're all strikingly original. From this period 'Tokyo Drifter' seems to get more press than 'Youth of the Beast' (both star Jo Shisido) but I'll take this one. The colors and the composition of the wide-screen images draw you in, while the violence and the narrative jags keep you guessing. Highly recommended both for both its artistry and its energy, if you like gangster movies here's one for you.
The plot revolves around Jo, a tough ex-con with a mysterious past who shows up and deftly goes to work for rival Yakuza bosses. He immediately pits them against each other and starts raking in as much money as he can. However, it soon becomes clear that he has ulterior motives involving a string of call-girls operated by one of the bosses. Literally no one is safe when he starts clawing his way toward the center of the web.