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18 Roughs (1963) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1963 · 108 mins · Japanese
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- Directed by
- Yoshishige Yoshida
- Starring
- Gannosuke Ashiya, Akemi Negishi, Taiji Tonoyama, Chieko Naniwa, Kumeko Urabe, Yoshiko Kayama
Shimazaki, a shipyard worker, accepts his employer’s offer of free lodging in a seaside company dormitory if he runs it. He soon learns he must also look after a group of unruly youths, becoming a well‑meaning yet ineffective warden. The boys behave at work but quickly turn into a chaotic mob back in the dorms.
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