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Seishun no satsujin sha - (aka Young Murderer) Based on a true story, the tale of a young man who killed his father and mother because they want him to break off with the girl he’s living with. He cannot cope with the murders and runs towards his own self-destruction.

Well-known actor Kazuhiko Hasegawa makes his first bow as a director in this film, which tells the story of Jun, a young man who gets in an argument with his disapproving father over his girlfriend. In the heat of the moment he ends up murdering his father.

When he decides to turn himself in to the police his mother stops him, coldly suggesting they dispose of the body themselves and act as though nothing had happened. As Jun follows through with her advice she suddenly has a change of heart and threatens him with a knife, setting the stage for a second tragedy.

Director: Kazuhiko Hasegawa

Stars: Yutaka Mizutani, Mieko Harada and Etsuko Ichihara

1976 – JAPANESE with OPTIONAL ENGLISH SUBTITLES - COLOR – 16:9 ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN - 132 MINUTES



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