Fighting elegy = Kenka erejii

Author

Seijun Suzuki

Call Number

• DVD FOREIGN (CEN)

Languages

In Japanese, with optional English subtitles.

Performers

Hidei Takahashi, Junko Asano, Yusuke Kawazu, Isao Tamagawa, Takeshi Kato, Kayo Matsuo.

Publication Information

[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2005]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (86 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (ill. ; 19 cm.)

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

High schooler Kiroku Nanbu yearns for the prim, Catholic Michiko, but her only desire is to reform Kiroku's sinful tendencies. Hormones raging, Kiroku channels his unsatisfied lust into the only outlet available: savage, crazed violence.

Notes

Title from disc surface.

Based on a novel by Takashi Suzuki.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1966.

Special features: new, restored high-definition digital transfer ; original theatrical trailer ; new and improved English subtitle translation.