Youth of the Beast

Seijun Suzuki, 1963

Spine #268

Picked by 2 guests

Thriller / Crime / Action / Mystery

Criterion TMDB

Directed by Seijun Suzuki

Written by Ichirō Ikeda, Tadaaki Yamazaki

Cinematography Kazue Nagatsuka

Edited by Akira Suzuki

Cast Joe Shishido, Misako Watanabe, Tamio Kawachi, Minako Katsuki, Daizaburo Hirata, Eimei Esumi, Eiji Gō, Akiji Kobayashi

Picked by

John Darnielle actor

“Do I need Youth of the Beast? Oh man, come on, what are you trying to do to me here? When a mysterious stranger muscles into two rival Yakuza gangs, Tokyo's Underworld explodes with violence. It's now in my bag, there is room for it, I'm putting it there.”

John Darnielle

Bi Gan director

“[Translated] Youth of the Beast. I saw this movie in the last two years. I was very surprised by the use of visual language. The editing is especially good. As soon as I saw it, I had to take it.”

Bi Gan