Everything goes wrong when Jiro tries to break up his mother's relationship with a business man. The young rebel Jiro has to deal with an environment of crime and prostitution, and the impact of its choices on personal relationships: one with his mother, one with her business man lover and one with the girl in love with him.
Direction
Suzuki's kinetic framing turns poverty into pulp poetry
Acting
Tamio Kawachi's volcanic self-loathing burns the screen
Cinematography
Neon-soaked Tokyo that breathes cigarette smoke
Director
Seijun Suzuki
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Suzuki made this for Nikkatsu studio in just ten days, part of his contractually obligated B-movie grind that somehow produced art.
This is peak taiyōzoku ('sun tribe') cinema — Japan's post-Occupation youth rebellion genre that scandalized parents and thrilled teens.
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