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Shinji and Masaru spend most of their school days harassing fellow classmates and playing pranks. They drop out and Shinji becomes a small-time boxer, while Masaru joins up with a local yakuza gang. However, the world is a tough place.
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Contemplative, prestige, contemporary and character-led.
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- unpretentiousprestige
- contemporarynostalgic
- character-ledplot-driven
- resolvedopen-ended
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Cast
- Masanobu AndoShinji
- Ken KanekoMasaru
- Leo MorimotoHomeroom Teacher
- Hatsuo YamayaBoxing Club Manager
- Mitsuko OkaSachiko's Mother
- Yuko DaikeSachiko
- Ryo IshibashiLocal Yakuza Chief
- Susumu TerajimaNo. 2 in Local Gang
- Moro MorookaHayashi
- Michisuke KashiwayaHiroshi
Crew
- Takeshi KitanoDirector
- Takeshi KitanoWriter
- Katsumi YanagijimaDirector of Photography
- Joe HisaishiOriginal Music Composer
- Takeshi KitanoEditor
- Yoshinori OtaEditor
- Takio YoshidaProducer
- Yasushi TsugeProducer
- Masayuki MoriProducer
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