Underplayed Gems

Farewell to Rock'n Roll (1973)

Farewell to Rock'n Roll poster
Original title
番格ロック
Directed by
Makoto Naito
Genre
action film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 23m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A film that uses a documentary style to follow the life of a 'bankaku', a lone bodyguard who fights on the front lines for a gang of delinquent leaders in 1970s Japan.

rawgrittydocumentary-stylefast-pacedrebelliousstreetwiseassertiveexplosive

What happens

『番格ロック』（ばんかくろっく）は、1973年に製作された日本映画。東映東京撮影所製作、東映配給。東映京都撮影所制作『仁義なき戦い 代理戦争』の併映作。 "番格"とは、番長と同格の組織の用心棒のことで、番長が統率者として行動を控えるのに対して、先兵となって行動を起こす腕と度胸の一匹狼でもある。"番格"とは、スケバンの上を行く、番長以上の実力を持ちながら一匹狼の用心棒としてケンカに明け暮れる番長グループの華である。番格の生態をドキュメンタリー・タッチで描く。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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