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When a mysterious stranger muscles into two rival yakuza gangs, Tokyo's underworld explodes with violence. Youth of the Beast (Yaju no Seishun) was a breakthrough for director Seijun Suzuki, introducing the flamboyant colors, hallucinatory images, and striking compositions that would become his trademark. The Criterion Collection proudly presents the film that revitalized the yakuza genre and helped define the inimitable style of a legendary cinematic renegade.
Original Release
04/21/1963
US Release
02/05/2016
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Jô Shishido | Jôji 'Jo' Mizuno |
Misako Watanabe | Kumiko Takeshita |
Tamio Kawaji | Hideo Nomoto |
Minako Katsuki | Sawako Miura |
Daisaburô Hirata | Shibata |
Eiji Gô | Shigeru Takechi |
Koichi Uenoyama | Masao Hisano |
Akiji Kobayashi | Tatsuo Nomoto |
Yuzo Kiura | Takeo Minegishi |
Naomi Hoshi | Keiko |
Directors
Writers
Ichirô Ikeda, Tadaaki Yamazaki, Haruhiko Ôyabu
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jô Shishido | Jôji 'Jo' Mizuno |
Misako Watanabe | Kumiko Takeshita |
Tamio Kawaji | Hideo Nomoto |
Minako Katsuki | Sawako Miura |
Daisaburô Hirata | Shibata |
Eiji Gô | Shigeru Takechi |
Koichi Uenoyama | Masao Hisano |
Akiji Kobayashi | Tatsuo Nomoto |
Yuzo Kiura | Takeo Minegishi |
Naomi Hoshi | Keiko |
Hiroshi Kôno | Seizô Honma |
Eimei Esumi | Gorô Minami |
Shuntarô Tamamura | Shôichi Maeda |
Mizuho Suzuki | Detective Hirokawa |
Zenji Yamada | Fujita |
Yuriko Abe | Takechi's Wife |
Ikuko Kimuro | |
Shirô Yanase | Ken Ishizaki |
Tomio Aoki | Terumi Matsui |
Ichiro Kijima | Detective Kôichi Takeshita - Jo's former partner |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Keinosuke Kubo | Producer |