Fighting Elegy

Tokyo: Nikkatsu, 1966. Draft script for the 1966 film. Text in Japanese.

Based on a novel by Takashi Suzuki, a repressed, Catholic young man living in a boardinghouse is infatuated with the landlady's daughter and when he cannot express his feelings, he turns to violence. He joins a gang and begins a fighting routine, exploiting the weakness of classmates.

Set in Okayama, shot on location in Japan.

Red titled perfect-bound wrappers. Title page present. 113 leaves, with last page of text numbered 19. Mechanical duplication. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine.

Criterion Collection 269.

[Book #141426]