Fighting Elegy
ComedyDramayouth gangbased on memoir or autobiographysexual repressionroman catholic churchyoung lovemasculinitypianojapanese new wavestudentshōwa era (1926-89)violencethe roots of violence
A Japanese New Wave examination of repressed desire and masculine violence in a young man caught between romantic longing, religious constraint, and radical ideology.
Kiroku boards with a Roman Catholic family and falls for the daughter Michiko. He ignores his feelings, joins a gang, gets in fights and, eventually, becomes involved with the radical Kita Ikki group.
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