Youth of the Beast

Tokyo. Midsummer. A single, buzzing mosquito. Ruthless Daisuke arrives from nowhere, playing two rival gangs against each other. Blood floods the neon streets. Suzuki’s early noir efforts anticipate the later, wilder pop-art phase.

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Seijun Suzuki directed Youth of the Beast in 1963. See Seijun Suzuki's full filmography, where to start with Seijun Suzuki, or where to go after you've seen everything by Seijun Suzuki.

Youth of the Beast was released in 1963 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 92 minutes.