A 76-minute fever dream where everything unravels — Japan's lost punk masterpiece.
1962 Japanese movie
Direction
Wakasugi's frantic handheld energy predicts Jôji.
Cinematography
High-contrast shadows that sweat anxiety.
Director
Mitsuo Wakasugi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Japan's economic miracle, it captures the youth who got left behind — the 'sun tribe' generation's darker cousin.
Wakasugi vanished from cinema after this; some say he became a taxi driver, others claim he moved to Brazil. The film itself became nearly lost until a 2010 restoration.
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