MOVIE · 1963
Youth of the Beast
ActionAdventureCrimeDramaFantasyMysteryThriller92 min
A mysterious stranger forces his way into two rival yakuza gangs, and the balance of Tokyo’s underworld starts to crack. Jô Shishido is the outsider at the center of it, moving between both sides with an unreadable calm while suspicion and violence build around him. Misako Watanabe is among the figures caught in the widening feud. As alliances shift and the conflict deepens, the gang war turns into a maze of competing interests, sudden brutality, and a sharply stylized 1960s crime world.
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