Youth of the Beast Movie Review 1963

A cop in disgrace plots to avenge the murder of a friend by infiltrating two rival yakuza gangs and having them destroy each other. Flamboyant visuals and filled with Suzuki's soon-to-be trademarked sex and violence. Japanese with subtitles.

Distribution

Home Vision Cinema, c/o Image Entertainment, 20525 Nordhoff St., Ste. 200, Chatsworth, CA 91311, URL: http://www.homevision.com

Available on VHS
Running time 91 minutes.
Originally from Japanese.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Yakuza, Cops, Revenge

Cast

Joe Shishido, Shoji Kobayashi, Ichiro Kijima, Misako Suzuki

Director

Seijun Suzuki