Fighting Elegy (1966)

Original title

けんかえれじい

Directed by

Seijun Suzuki

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 26m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 38 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man in 1930s Japan gets involved in violent schoolyard brawls and gang fights. He channels his aggression into a growing obsession with a girl and a right-wing political group.

energeticrebelliousabsurdpacyvisually stylizeddarkly comicchaoticpassionate

What happens

Fighting Elegy (けんかえれじい, Kenka erejii), also titled Elegy to Violence and The Born Fighter, is a 1966 Japanese drama film directed by Seijun Suzuki. It is based on the novel Kenka erejii by Takashi Suzuki. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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