Movie Description
狂熱の果て
(1961)Overview
A leading postwar Japanese film critic and theorist who co-founded the seminal film magazine Eiga Hihyo (Film Criticism) in 1957, Eizo Yamagiwa made his directorial debut with this independent feature—long thought lost until a negative was recently discovered—about a group of idle bourgeois students known as the “Roppongi Tribe” (Roppongi zoku). Depicting the resignation and nihilism of the postwar generation in the years following the Anpo Treaty conflicts through a coming-of-age narrative, Yamagiwa offers sharp criticism of the prevalent characterizations of Japan's new youth offered by Nikkatsu's taiyozoku (“Sun Tribe”) films and the New Wave at large.
Cast
Kenji Nomura
Yuri
Michi Makino
Yoji Nakaoka
Akemi
Noriko
Michi's mother
Nurse
Akiko
Michi's father
Singer
Makiko Kawamura
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Facts
Original Title狂熱の果て
Status Released
Release Information
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1961-11-01
Original LanguageUnknown
Runtime 01h 18m
Production CompaniesSagawa Production
