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Fighting Elegy
Genres
ComedyDramaAction
Overview
Kiroku boards with a Roman Catholic family and falls for the daughter Michiko. He ignores his feelings, joins a gang, gets in fights and, eventually, becomes involved with the radical Kita Ikki group.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
86 min
Release Date
1966-11-09
Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Vote Count
36
Vote Average
6.9
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
Hideki Takahashi
Kiroku Nanbu
Yūsuke Kawazu
Suppon "Turtle"
Takeshi Katō
Isao Tamagawa
Principal
Kayo Matsuo
Junko Asano
Michiko
Keiichi Ishikawa
Akira Takahashi
Chikako Miyagi
Yoshino Nanbu
Jun Hamamura
Asao Sano
Kensuke Akashi
Iwae Arai
Hiroyuki Atami
Hiroshi Chiyoda
Hiroshi Chō
Hideo Fukuhara
Yūzō Harumi
Michio Hino
Akira Hisamatsu
Yôko Hokota
Masaaki Honme
Tetsurô Ishibiya
Seishirō Iwate
Yū Izumi
Keizô Kagawa
Masahiro Kataoka
Mitsuo Kataoka
Takuan
Tadayuki Kitagami
Wataru Kobayashi
Tamaki Komiyama
Takashi Konagai
Takehiko Maeda
Hiroshi Midorikawa
Ikki Kita
Ken Mizoguchi
Kuniya Mizukawa
Keiji Mizuki
Aiko Natsuyama
Yoshiyuki Nemoto
Keisuke Noro
Kaneda
Seijirô Onda
Kiroku's Father
Ryoichi Sato
Kenichi Shikida
Hajime Sugiyama
Yoshihiko Tabata
Hiroshi Tachikawa
Hiroshi Takao
Masahiro Yafuji
Yoshinori Ôba
Daisuke Ōmi
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