Fighting Elegy

Nov 9, 1966

1h 26m

★ 6.9

Overview

Kiroku boards with a Roman Catholic family and falls for the daughter Michiko. He ignores his feelings, joins a gang, gets in fights and, eventually, becomes involved with the radical Kita Ikki group.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Action

Production Companies

Nikkatsu Corporation

Fighting Elegy Trailers

Cast

Kiroku Nanbu

Hideki Takahashi

Suppon "Turtle"

Yūsuke Kawazu

Takeshi Katō

Principal

Isao Tamagawa

Kayo Matsuo

Michiko

Junko Asano

Keiichi Ishikawa

Akira Takahashi

Yoshino Nanbu

Chikako Miyagi

Jun Hamamura

Asao Sano

Kensuke Akashi

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