A master craftsman, producing films wholly different from the likes of yasujiro ozu and even akira kurosawa. To infiltrate a criminal organization responsible for the death of one of his colleagues, the detective tajima adopts the behavior of of a brutal thug and plays opposing yakuza bosses against each other. Youth of the beast is a 1963 japanese yakuza film directed by seijun suzuki. Overview of youth of the beast, 1963, directed by seijun suzuki, with joe shishido, misako watanabe, tamio kawaji, at turner classic movies. The criterion collection proudly presents the film that revitalized the yakuza genre and helped define the inimitable style of a legendary cinematic renegade. The young rebel, the incorrigible one and bad boy is a 1963 japanese youth film directed by seijun suzuki for the nikkatsu corporation. Youth of the beast and japans changing face cinema nippon duration.
Flamboyant visuals and filled with suzukis soontobe trademarked sex and violence. There are many such examples yet for all its artistic intent, youth of the beast never deviates from its goal. Jo is a tough guy who has had more than his fair share of runins with the law. Youth of the beast is a 1963 japanese yakuza thriller film directed by seijun suzuki. Thus, he makes deals with a rival gang, which spark a massive gang war. Youth of the beast has been ranked 2414 times, wins 47. Le film youth of the beast 1963 vostfr admin 20170406t18. During the 1930s, a teenager yearns for a catholic girl, whose only desire is to reform his sinful tendencies. It is based on the loosely autobiographical novel of the same name by toko kon. He throws aside the blacks and whites that defined the genre of noir for purples and pinks and pastel blues. The year 1963 in film involved some significant events, including the bigbudget epic cleopatra, alfred hitchcocks horror the birds, and two films with allstar casts, how the west was won and its a mad, mad, mad, mad world. This film is not currently playing on mubi but 30 other great films are. Youth of the beast 1963 0421 1963 jp action, crime, mystery 1h 32m user score.
Also, while primarily a serious film, youth of the beast has a comic element as well and, of course, shishodo joe is awesome. This is like a shotgun blast of 60s crime cinema that makes us feel a lot of things through a lot of intense visual choreography of the frame and what is in it i. He wasnt accomplished in the methodology used by most actionnarrative directors. Youth of the beast was a breakthrough for director seijun suzuki, introducing the flamboyant colors, hallucinatory images, and striking compositions that would become his trademark. Directed by seijun suzuki 1963 japan when a mysterious stranger muscles into two rival yakuza gangs, tokyos underworld explodes with violence. Hormones raging, the young man channels his unsatisfied lust into the only outlet available. Seijun suzuki films at least, his best, mostremembered ones put the viewer on a. Youth of the beast 1963 colorado dragon film festival. It was a programme picture produced by the nikkatsu company to fill out the second half of a double bill with shohei imamuras the insect woman.
Ive never happened across him before and this is indeed my first seijun suzuki film although i have a load of his bookmarked but im looking forward to seeing if hes like this a lot. Production will be handled by lion rock and nikkatsu japan s oldest major movie studio which celebrates a full century in business this year. Its the type of reckless abandon that i like in a film and there is plenty of it in youth of the beast, due mostly to shishido. Trending movie lists 80 of the some of the most hated films. Youth of the beast, yaju no seishun is a 1963 japanese yakuza film directed by seijun suzuki. Here, warring yakuza factions square off against each other, responding to a murder. Le film youth of the beast 1963 vostfr film complet. Set in the seedy underworld of yakuza gang wars, suzukis 1963 film is a. The greatest japanese movie sword fight of all time. For nikkatsu alone, he directed 40 pictures from his debut in the 50s to his dismissal after 1967s branded to kill. One of four films suzuki directed in 1963, youth of the beast displays a number of elements that would become familiar aspects of his later films, such as the creative use of color and surreal backgrounds. Filled with lurid imagery rare for its time, youth of the beast is another stunning work from cult director seijun suzuki. Gogo dancers shield cops and twists are at every turn in this 1963 japanese gangster film. Youth of the beast yaju no seishun 1963a cop in disgrace plots to avenge the murder of a friend by infiltrating two rival yakuza gangs and having them destroy each other.
Youth of the beast is not necessarily the most remarkable film as far as the story goes, and im sure there have been other yakuza films and other gangster. Youth of the beast marked a turning point in director seijun suzukis career. From this period tokyo drifter seems to get more press than youth of the beast both star jo shisido but ill take this one. When a mysterious stranger muscles into two rival yakuza gangs, tokyos underworld explodes with violence. His violent behavior comes to the attention of a yakuza boss who immediately recruits him. We had a great time at last years colorado dragon film festival, so lets do it again. A violent thug plays yakuza bosses against each other. No longer content to just crank out productionline gangster films, here suzuki starts to assert his own voice. A film known for being a hip, action packed crime thriller. The movie seijun suzukis youth of the beast is a vicious little bastard of. Youth of the beast yaju no seishun 1963 trailer youtube. Jp joe shishido, shoji kobayashi, ichiro kijima, misako suzuki.
Joe shishido plays a tough guy with a secret agenda. However, hes actually seeking revenge for his partners death. When jo gets the chance to work for two opposing yakuza bosses, he takes it, eventually pitting the two crime lords against one another. It seems doubtful, since the films were released a mere seven weeks apart. And with youth of the beast suzuki has taken a solid nikkatsu noir, complete with all the expected, and ultracool, suits, shoes and hats, and beaten it out of shape. This is an updated list of all of the movies directed by seijun suzuki, included many that are not out on dvd yet. It cant be stressed enough that though he made entertainment films he did it with a vengeance. Theres a bit in youth of the beast where joe shishido uses a spray can to almost. 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. In his second collaboration with the director, jo shishido rampages through the movie, playing a disgraced excop pitting two yakuza gangs against each other to.
Overlooked at the time, youth of the beast 1963 is now recognised as a turning point for his personal style. Take aim at the police van, seijun suzuki, 1960 attack on the police van scene duration. Suzuki himself claims that 1963 was the year when he truly came into his own, and youth of the beast is one of his breakthroughs. Regarder le film youth of the beast 1963 en streaming vf. Hell be tackling the world of the yakuza for a remake of the 1963 seijun suzuki film youth of the beast, which will aptly be titled day of the beast. Ive seen four of his films so far, ranging from 1958 to 1967, and theyre all strikingly original. Youth of the beast the brute yaju no seishun 1963 rotten. Trailer for suzuki seijuns excellent hardboiled crime film, youth of the beast yaju no seishun 1963, starring shishido jo, watanabe. He soon tries to make a deal with a rival gang a starts a gang war. The craft behind japanese director seijun suzuki is something to marvel at. Youth of the beast is another highly entertaining and fun seijun suzuki film filled with action, violence, humor and just plain style. Youth of the beast 1963 audacity simulated stereo effect. Not as gritty and nihilistic as the works of kinji fukasaku and with a dash of film noir, this is a. Impressed by jos brashness and ability to get things done with little more.
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