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Release Date:
May 27, 1970
Original Title:
君が若者なら
Alternate Titles:
Kimi ga wakamono nara
Our Dear Buddies
Si tu étais jeune
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
Bungakuza
Shinsei Eigasha
Production Countries:
Japan
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 89
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.
Art Direction:
Tōtetsu Hirakawa
Director:
Kinji Fukasaku
Director of Photography:
Takamoto Ezure
Executive Producer:
Saburo Muto
Seishi Matsumaru
Norio Sonoda
Lighting Technician:
Mitsuharu Hirata
Original Music Composer:
Taku Izumi
Sound Recordist:
Shotaro Yoshida
Translator:
Ai Kennedy
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