Summaries

An improvisational film depicting life in a boys' reform school.

Directed in documentary style about a number of delinquent boys in a reformatory, who were not given scripts and asked to simply be themselves, this movie focuses on the young men and their natural day-to-day. When the protagonist is released he has an opinion regarding the institution, which moulded him. The film is considered one of the first of the new wave movement of Japan and the winner of the Kinema Junpo Award,—aghaemi

Details

Keywords
  • delinquent
  • reformatory
  • japanese new wave
  • reform school
  • institution
Genres
  • Drama
Release date Mar 28, 1961
Countries of origin Japan
Language Japanese
Production companies Iwanami Productions

Box office

Gross worldwide $143

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 29m
Color Black and White
Sound mix Mono
Aspect ratio

Synopsis

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