Fighting Elegy – 1966 aka The Born Fighter WWII

Fighting Elegy – 1966 aka The Born Fighter WWII

Aka Kenka erejî

: Elegia da Luta, Elégie de la bagarre, Elegia della lotta, The Born Fighter, Lied der Gewalt, Scuffle Elegy

English subtitles

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Comes in plastic sleevs.

In Okayama in the mid-1930s, Kiroku attends high school and boards with a Catholic family whose daughter, Michiko, captures his heart. He must, however, hide his ardor and other aspects of his emerging sexuality, focusing his energy on a gang he joins, breaking school rules, and getting into scuffles (he tells her, “Oh, Michiko, I don’t masturbate, I fight”). He comes under the influence of a young tough nicknamed Terrapin, and together they lead fights against rival gangs. Gradually, Kiroku and Terrapin align themselves with the right-wing Kita Ikki, and Kiroku becomes a stand-in for the attitudes of Japanese youth who embraced the imperialism leading to World War II.