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Youth in Fury (1960)

Youth in Fury (1960)

Drama
Release Date: 1960, August 30
Directors: Masahiro Shinoda
Countries: Japan
Production: Shochiku
Cast: Shima Iwashita, Yūnosuke Itō, Shinichirō Mikami, Shinji Takano, Keiko Kuni, Sadako Sawamura, Kazuya Kosaka, Junichiro Yamashita, Hizuru Takachiho, Yachiyo Ōtori, Kayoko Honoo, Shinji Tanaka

Overview:

Young people are caught up in the political revolt that culminates in student riots against the 1960 Japanese-American mutual security treaty. Nihilist Takuya, politically engaged but also confused––he decorates his walls with pictures of political figures ranging from FDR to Hitler to Castro––becomes involved with Yoko, whose politician father has recently committed suicide, brought on by threats to expose his corruption. Her family is left penniless by his death and, with the consent of their mother, her older sister has agreed to sleep with a conservative pundit for monetary favors.

Keywords:

treaty alienation college friends womanizer rebellious youth student protest political rally restless youth bomb making reckless man