

Fighting Elegy (1966)
Overview : 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.
Release Date : November 9, 1966
Runtime : 86m
Companies : Nikkatsu Corporation
Countries : Japan
Keywords : youth gang, sexual repression, young love, roman catholic, masculinity, piano, japanese new wave, student, shōwa era (1926-89), violence, the roots of violence