Live Today, Die Tomorrow!

裸の十九才

Michio Yamada, a recent school graduate, is sent to Tokyo to work as a fruit-packer in a department store as part of a government programme. He takes a gun from a house on an American base and uses it to kill several people. The scene changes to Yamada's childhood. Yamada is born the child of a reprobate and a weak-willed woman. As a boy Yamada, experiences poverty and the rape of his sister at first hand.

Director

Kaneto Shindō

Music

Hikaru Hayashi

Screenplay

Kaneto Shindō

Screenplay

Shozo Matsuda

Status

Released

Release date

31/10/1970

Original language

Japanese