Fighting Elegy(けんかえれじい)
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Japan · 1966
1h 26m
Director Seijun Suzuki
Starring Hideki Takahashi, Yūsuke Kawazu, Takeshi Katō, Isao Tamagawa
Genre Action, Comedy, Drama
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Kiroku boards with a Roman Catholic family and falls for the daughter Michiko. He ignores his feelings, joins a gang, gets in fights and, eventually, becomes involved with the radical Kita Ikki group.
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