A 1969 Japanese rock band movie that's secretly an emotional gut-punch about family lies.
Layabout teen Shoken is dissatisfied with his nagging single mother and bullies at school. He and his friends decide to form a cool rock band, but a tragic discovery about his family weighs on Shoken heavily.
Score
Garage rock originals that slap harder than the plot lets on.
Acting
Kenichi Hagiwara's slouch contains multitudes.
Direction
Uchikawa pivots from breezy to devastating without warning.
Director
Seiichiro Uchikawa
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kenichi Hagiwara became a massive star through The Tigers; this was his breakout dramatic role.
Part of Nikkatsu's 'Borderless Action' youth films that merged French New Wave energy with Japanese family melodrama.
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