YOUTHS ON THE LOOSE AND REBELS WITHOUT CAUSES IN THE UNRULY SEISHUN EIGA YOUTH MOVIES OF JAPANESE ICONOCLAST SEIJUN SUZUKI Making their home-video debuts outside Japan, this diverse selection of Nikkatsu youth movies (seishun eiga) charts the evolving style of the B-movie maverick best known for the cult classics Tokyo Drifter (1966) and Branded to Kill (1967). The Boy Who Came Back (1958) marks the first appearances of Nikkatsu Diamond Guys and regular Suzuki collaborators Akira Kobayashi and Jo Shishido, with Kobayashi cast as the hot-headed hoodlum fresh out... of reform school who struggles to make a clean break with his tearaway past. The Wind-of-Youth Group Crosses the Mountain Pass (1961) is a carnivalesque tale of a young student who hooks up with a down-at-heels travelling circus troupe. Teenage Yakuza (1962) stars Tamio Kawaji as the high-school vigilante protecting his community from the extortions of mobsters from a neighbouring city. The Incorrigible (1963) and Born Under Crossed Stars (1965), both based on Toko Kon's novels about young love, represent Suzuki's first films set in the 1920s era later celebrated in his critically-regarded Taisho Trilogy. LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS Limited Edition Dual Format Collection [3000 copies] High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentation Optional English Subtitles New introduction to the films by critic Tony Rayns 60-page illustrated collector's book featuring new writing by critic and author Jasper Sharp [show more]
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Collection of five Japanese features directed by Seijun Suzuki. In 'The Boy Who Came Back' (1958) a young boy named Nobuo Kasahara (Akira Kobayashi) looks to move on from his violent past following his release from a juvenile reform school. In 'The Wind-of-Youth Group Crosses the Mountain Pass' (1961) a young student joins the ranks of a travelling circus. 'Teenage Yakuza' (1962) follows a young vigilante as he tries to protect his community from a group of notorious gangsters. In 'The Incorrigible' (1963) a student struggling to keep his violent outbursts under control falls in love with a girl at his new school. Finally, in 'Born Under Crossed Stars' (1965) a young man faces some tough decisions as he struggles to choose between two girls.
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