Year: 1960
Runtime: 87 mins
Language: Japanese
Director: Nagisa Ôshima
In Osaka’s slum, hopeless youths turn to theft, assault, robbery, prostitution and the illegal trade of identity cards and blood. Friends Tatsu and Takeshi reluctantly join Shin’s upstart gang, which constantly moves to evade the local kingpin. Ambitious Hanoko, from her father’s blood trade, allies with Shin, leaves, taking Takeshi under her wing. Betrayals multiply as former allies become murderers.
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