Japanese rock 'n' roll delinquents in 1962 — think West Side Story with way more saxophone crimes.
1962 Japanese movie
Score
Wild Japanese jazz-rock fusion that absolutely shouldn't work but does.
Costume
Leather jackets and pompadours: peak greaser cosplay.
Director
Hirokazu Ichimura
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Japan's 'taiyōzoku' (sun tribe) film wave, exploiting moral panic about Western-influenced youth culture. The genre burned hot and fast between 1956-1963.
Director Hirokazu Ichimura made over 100 films, mostly exploitation quickies. This one's lost for decades until a partial print surfaced in 2019 — the ending may still be reconstructed from stills.
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