In Osaka's slum, youths without futures engage in pilfering, assault and robbery, prostitution, and the buying and selling of identity cards and of blood. Alliances constantly shift. Tatsu and Takeshi, friends since boyhood, reluctantly join Shin's gang. Shin's an upstart and moves his gang often to avoid the local kingpin. Hanoko is a young woman with ambitions: first she's in the blood business with her father, then she joins forces with Shin. She soon breaks off that partnership, even though she's taken the sensitive Takeshi under her wing. Double crosses multiply. Those with the closest bonds become each others' murderers.
Genre: Drama
Stars: Masahiko Tsugawa, Kayoko Honoo, Isao Sasaki, Fumio Watanabe, Kamatari Fujiwara, Tanie Kitabayashi
Crew: Nagisa Ōshima (Director), Toshirō Ishidō (Screenplay), Nagisa Ōshima (Screenplay), Isamu Satô (Lighting Technician), Kôji Uno (Production Design), Shûjûrô Kurita (Sound Recordist)
Country: Japan
Language: 日本語
Studio: Shochiku
Runtime: 87 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Aug 09, 1960
IMDb: 4.5
Keywords:youth gang, osaka, japan, poverty, prostitution, post war japan, japanese new wave, slum dwellers, blood
