Take aim at the police van, seijun suzuki, 1960 attack on the police van scene duration. Here, warring yakuza factions square off against each other, responding to a murder. The greatest japanese movie sword fight of all time. Also, while primarily a serious film, youth of the beast has a comic element as well and, of course, shishodo joe is awesome. Le film youth of the beast 1963 vostfr film complet. Regarder le film youth of the beast 1963 en streaming vf. Youth of the beast 1963 audacity simulated stereo effect. Jp joe shishido, shoji kobayashi, ichiro kijima, misako suzuki. This is an updated list of all of the movies directed by seijun suzuki, included many that are not out on dvd yet. Youth of the beast is another highly entertaining and fun seijun suzuki film filled with action, violence, humor and just plain style. No longer content to just crank out productionline gangster films, here suzuki starts to assert his own voice. Ive seen four of his films so far, ranging from 1958 to 1967, and theyre all strikingly original. 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. A master craftsman, producing films wholly different from the likes of yasujiro ozu and even akira kurosawa.
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. A film known for being a hip, action packed crime thriller. This film is not currently playing on mubi but 30 other great films are. There are many such examples yet for all its artistic intent, youth of the beast never deviates from its goal. Youth of the beast the brute yaju no seishun 1963 rotten. It seems doubtful, since the films were released a mere seven weeks apart. 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.
Joe shishido plays a tough guy with a secret agenda. The young rebel, the incorrigible one and bad boy is a 1963 japanese youth film directed by seijun suzuki for the nikkatsu corporation. 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. Flamboyant visuals and filled with suzukis soontobe trademarked sex and violence. 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. Theres a bit in youth of the beast where joe shishido uses a spray can to almost. Overlooked at the time, youth of the beast 1963 is now recognised as a turning point for his personal style.
Youth of the beast marked a turning point in director seijun suzukis career. We had a great time at last years colorado dragon film festival, so lets do it again. It is based on the loosely autobiographical novel of the same name by toko kon. Le film youth of the beast 1963 vostfr admin 20170406t18. Youth of the beast yaju no seishun 1963 trailer youtube. However, hes actually seeking revenge for his partners death. It cant be stressed enough that though he made entertainment films he did it with a vengeance. Youth of the beast is a 1963 japanese yakuza thriller film directed by seijun suzuki. Youth of the beast 1963 letterboxd your life in film. Seijun suzuki films at least, his best, mostremembered ones put the viewer on a.
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. The craft behind japanese director seijun suzuki is something to marvel at. 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. 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. 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.
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. Impressed by jos brashness and ability to get things done with little more. He throws aside the blacks and whites that defined the genre of noir for purples and pinks and pastel blues. His violent behavior comes to the attention of a yakuza boss who immediately recruits him. Youth of the beast 1963 0421 1963 jp action, crime, mystery 1h 32m user score. A violent thug plays yakuza bosses against each other. Set in the seedy underworld of yakuza gang wars, suzukis 1963 film is a. Overview of youth of the beast, 1963, directed by seijun suzuki, with joe shishido, misako watanabe, tamio kawaji, at turner classic movies. Not as gritty and nihilistic as the works of kinji fukasaku and with a dash of film noir, this is a. Gogo dancers shield cops and twists are at every turn in this 1963 japanese gangster film. Production will be handled by lion rock and nikkatsu japan s oldest major movie studio which celebrates a full century in business this year.
Youth of the beast 1963 colorado dragon film festival. Youth of the beast has been ranked 2414 times, wins 47. He soon tries to make a deal with a rival gang a starts a gang war. Jo is a tough guy who has had more than his fair share of runins with the law. He wasnt accomplished in the methodology used by most actionnarrative directors. Filled with lurid imagery rare for its time, youth of the beast is another stunning work from cult director seijun suzuki. 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. 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. Trailer for suzuki seijuns excellent hardboiled crime film, youth of the beast yaju no seishun 1963, starring shishido jo, watanabe. Youth of the beast, yaju no seishun is a 1963 japanese yakuza film directed by seijun suzuki. During the 1930s, a teenager yearns for a catholic girl, whose only desire is to reform his sinful tendencies. 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. From this period tokyo drifter seems to get more press than youth of the beast both star jo shisido but ill take this one. The criterion collection proudly presents the film that revitalized the yakuza genre and helped define the inimitable style of a legendary cinematic renegade.
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