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Fighting Elegy

 

aka: Kenka Erejii
Japan 1966, 86 minutes, Black and White
Dir. Seijun Suzuki
In Japanese with English subtitles
Genres: Foreign Cinema

Topics: Period 1930s.

 

Aroview: As pre-war nationalism spreads through the youth of Japan, A teenage gangster falls in love with a catholic schoolgirl. She tries her best to reform his sinful ways. As their young love crumbles, the disturbed adolescent restorts to his only remaining outlet: crazed violence.
A unique turn in the diverse career of Seijun Suzuki, combining the director’s signature bravura visual style with a brilliant satire of machismo and fascism.

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