Young Thugs: Nostalgia (1998)

Original title

岸和田少年愚連隊・望郷

Directed by

Takashi Miike

Genre

coming of age

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 34m

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 17 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A boy grows up in a tough working class neighborhood in 1970s Japan. He gets into fights and scrapes with his friends while dealing with family troubles and his first crush.

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What happens

Young Thugs: Nostalgia (Japanese: 岸和田少年愚連隊・望郷, Hepburn: Kishiwada Shōnen Gurentai: Bōkyō) is a 1998 Japanese film directed by Takashi Miike. It is based on the autobiographical novel Kishiwada shōnen gurentai: Bōkyō written by Riichi Nakaba. It is the prequel to the 1997 film Young Thugs: Innocent Blood. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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