If You Were Young: Rage (1970)
If You Were Young: Rage highlights the other side of post-war Japanese prosperity, focusing on the throngs of young people who missed out on the boom. We follow a group of young men that can't seem to get ahead, despite their willingness to try. Then one hits upon a plane - to work together to save for a dump truck and thus become independent contractors and be their own bosses at last. Ultimately life presents obstacles: jail for one, violence at the hands of the police for another and a girlfriend and subsequent children for the third. An early Kinji Fukasaku gem that imports the freewheeling style of the French New Wave and the hip detachment of American noir.
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- Kinji Fukasaku
Writing:
- Kinji Fukasaku
- Takehiro Nakajima
- Koji Matsumoto
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Release Date: 1970-05-27
6.0/10
6.0/10
- Country: JP
- Language: 日本語
- Runtime: 89
Asao Suzuki
Kikuo Higuchi
Ryuji Kitano
