If You Were Young: Rage (1970)

Original title

君が若者なら

Directed by

Kinji Fukasaku

Genre

action film, crime film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 29m

Rated

15

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two day laborers in Tokyo and three friends save up to buy a dump truck they call Independence No. 1. They face struggles and violence as they try to improve their lives in a harsh society.

grittyenergeticbleakrebelliousfranticrawurgent

What happens

If You Were Young: Rage (Japanese: 君が若者なら, Hepburn: Kimi ga Wakamono Nara), also known as Our Dear Buddies, is a 1970 Japanese film financed, produced, directed and co-written by Kinji Fukasaku. The film stars Tetsuo Ishidate and Gin Maeda as a pair of Tokyo day laborers who along with three other friends pool their money together to buy a dump truck, which they dub "Independence No. 1". The film was, for a time, thought to be lost. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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