Fighting Elegy
Original title: Kenka erejî
1966 · 1 h 26 min
Seijun SuzukiCast
Hideki Takahashi Junko Asano
Credits
Written by: 
Kaneto Shindō
Plot
A schoolboy channels his desires into violence.
Sinekatalog’s take
Seijun Suzuki's comic drama follows a pious schoolboy who channels his sexual frustration into fistfights in 1930s Japan. Wild, funny and sharply satirical of militarism, it is an energetic and stylish classic.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.9 / 10 (1,729 votes)
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