Underplayed Gems

The Rose on His Arm (1956)

The Rose on His Arm poster
Original title
太陽とバラ
Directed by
Keisuke Kinoshita
Genre
drama film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 25m
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A poor young man in 1950s Japan drifts into petty crime out of frustration with his poverty and his father's criminal past. He falls in with a rich idle boy whose casual rebellion only deepens his own sense of injustice. Marked by a tattoo that brands him as an outcast, he makes a dark choice that seals his fate.

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What happens

est un film japonais de Keisuke Kinoshita, sorti en 1956. Kiyoshi est un jeune homme pauvre et désœuvré qui, frustré par sa condition sociale, glisse vers la délinquance. Honteux du passé de trafiquant de son père et de la pauvreté dans laquelle vit sa mère, il traîne sur les plages où il vole des baigneurs avec d’autres jeunes marginaux. Sa rencontre avec Masahiro, fils riche et oisif qui l’intègre à son cercle d’amis pour se divertir, accentue encore son sentiment d’injustice : l’un peut se permettre la rébellion par ennui, tandis que l’autre y est poussé par le désespoir. Incapable de saisir les rares occasions de s’en sortir et tiraillé entre honte, colère et désir de reconnaissance, Kiyoshi s’enfonce dans un mode de vie marginal. Marqué symboliquement par un tatouage qui le stigmatise socialement, il finit par accepter son destin et choisit une voie radicale, transformant son désespoir en un geste final à la fois sombre et presque romantique. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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