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Youth of the Beast (1963)
Runtime: 1 hr 32 mins
Synopsis: Filled with lurid imagery rare for its time, YOUTH OF THE BEAST is another stunning work from cult director Seijun Suzuki. Here, warring yakuza factions square off against each other, responding to a murder. Go-go dancers shield cops and twists are at every turn in this 1963 Japanese gangster... Filled with lurid imagery rare for its time, YOUTH OF THE BEAST is another stunning work from cult director Seijun Suzuki. Here, warring yakuza factions square off against each other, responding to a murder. Go-go dancers shield cops and twists are at every turn in this 1963 Japanese gangster film. [More]
Genre: Foreign Films
Starring: Joe Shishido
DVD Info
Release:
Nov 1, 2005
DVD Features:
- Region 1
- Keep Case
- Widescreen - 2.35
Audio:
- Monaural - Japanese
Additional Release Material:
- Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer
Text/Photo Galleries:
- Essay By Film Critic Howard Hampton
News
The resulting meth-cranked circus of jazzy chiaroscuro design and cartwheeling sadism has to be seen to be believed.
The best time a person could hope to have in the world of post-war Japanese cinema
the setting so perfectly reflects the over-the-top emotions that style and substance melt into one long headrush


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