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Youth of the Beast (1963)

NR ★ 6.9/10 92 min Thriller, Crime, Action, Mystery Japan Japanese
Director: Seijun Suzuki
Novel: Haruhiko Oyabu
Writers: Ichirō Ikeda, Tadaaki Yamazaki
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Description

When a mysterious stranger muscles into two rival yakuza gangs, Tokyo's underworld explodes with violence.

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Top Cast

Joe Shishido
Joe Shishido Jôji 'Jo' Mizuno
Misako Watanabe
Misako Watanabe Kumiko Takeshita
Tamio Kawachi
Tamio Kawachi Hideo Nomoto
Minako Katsuki
Minako Katsuki Sawako Miura
Daizaburo Hirata
Daizaburo Hirata Shibata
Eimei Esumi
Eimei Esumi Gorô Minami
Eiji Gō
Eiji Gō Shigeru Takechi
Akiji Kobayashi
Akiji Kobayashi Tatsuo Nomoto

Youth of the Beast Appears on 3 Curated Movie Lists

Canon Institutions

Criterion Collection
Criterion Collection #266

Genre Curation

A Great Action Film For Every Year 1924 To
British Film Institute #040
Top 100 Yakuza Films As Rated By The Letterboxd Community
Letterboxd #009

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