Youth of the Beast

Apr 21, 1963

1h 32m

★ 7.0

Overview

When a mysterious stranger muscles into two rival yakuza gangs, Tokyo's underworld explodes with violence.

Genres

Thriller

Crime

Action

Production Companies

Nikkatsu Corporation

Youth of the Beast Trailers

Cast

Jôji 'Jo' Mizuno

Joe Shishido

Kumiko Takeshita

Misako Watanabe

Hideo Nomoto

Tamio Kawachi

Sawako Miura

Minako Katsuki

Shibata

Daizaburo Hirata

Gorô Minami

Eimei Esumi

Shigeru Takechi

Eiji Gō

Tatsuo Nomoto

Akiji Kobayashi

Yôsuke Ishiyama

Masao Shimizu

Sôichi Ozawa

Nobuo Kaneko

Masao Hisano

Kōichi Uenoyama

Takeo Minegishi

Yuzo Kiura

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