Fighting Delinquents

Fighting Delinquents

80 mins | Drama, Crime, Action | Nov. 23, 1960

This rarely seen gem from master Suzuki casts teenage heartthrob Koji Wada as a young misfit who suddenly finds himself the unwitting pawn in an escalating family feud that ultimately leads to tragedy. Lean, mean, and stylish as always, this tale of youth-gone-wild is both vibrant and touching. Suzuki contrasts tranquil glimpses of traditional regional life with the emergence of the new rock 'n' roll youth culture and the greed and seething cynicism of encroaching Westernism. Also released under the title "Go To Hell, Hoodlums!", this is a melodrama as colorful, shocking, and exhilarating as one would come to expect from Japan's master filmmaker.

Fighting Delinquents

80 mins | Drama, Crime, Action | Nov. 23, 1960

Fighting Delinquents
This rarely seen gem from master Suzuki casts teenage heartthrob Koji Wada as a young misfit who suddenly finds himself the unwitting pawn in an escalating family feud that ultimately leads to tragedy. Lean, mean, and stylish as always, this tale of youth-gone-wild is both vibrant and touching. Suzuki contrasts tranquil glimpses of traditional regional life with the emergence of the new rock 'n' roll youth culture and the greed and seething cynicism of encroaching Westernism. Also released under the title "Go To Hell, Hoodlums!", this is a melodrama as colorful, shocking, and exhilarating as one would come to expect from Japan's master filmmaker.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Nikkatsu Corporation
Original title くたばれ愚連隊
Directors Shōgorō Nishimura, Seijun Suzuki
Writers Kenzaburo Hara, Gan Yamazaki

Cast

Kōji Wada

as Sadao Matsudaira

Mayumi Shimizu

as Kazuko Izeki

Eitarō Ozawa

as Kanjuro Mizoguchi

Yoshiko Nezu

as Miyo

Emiko Azuma

as Yuki Maehara - Nanjo's Secretary

Chikako Hosokawa

as Ikuyo Matsudaira

Toppa Utsumi

as Uchiyama

Hiroshi Hijikata

as The Person in Charge of the Accident

Kaku Takashina

as Sanshiro Izeki, clan retainer

Saburo Hiromatsu

as Kodaira

Hiroshi Kondô

as Nanjo - Kyokuto Kanko CEO

Yasuhiro Kameyama

as Sanpei

Hajime Sugiyama

as Shige

Naoyoshi Ozawa

as Chikunen

Emi Seo

as Uchiyama's Woman