If You Were Young: Rage highlights the other side of post-war Japanese prosperity, focusing on the throngs of young people who missed out on the boom. We follow a group of young men that can't seem to get ahead, despite their willingness to try. Then one hits upon a plane - to work together to save for a dump truck and thus become independent contractors and be their own bosses at last. Ultimately life presents obstacles: jail for one, violence at the hands of the police for another and a girlfriend and subsequent children for the third. An early Kinji Fukasaku gem that imports the freewheeling style of the French New Wave and the hip detachment of American noir.
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If You Were Young: Rage Cast
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Jitsuko Yoshimura
She was 26, now 81 years old
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Hideo Murota
He was 32, 64 years old when he died
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Sanae Nakahara
She was 34, 76 years old when she died
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Yumiko Fujita
She was 24, now 78 years old
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Tôru Minegishi
He was 26, 65 years old when he died
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as Ryuji Kitano |
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Tetsuo Ishidate
He was 27, 64 years old when he died
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as Kikuo Higuchi |
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Kiwako Taichi
She was 26, 48 years old when she died
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Michie Terada
She was 27, now 81 years old
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Michiko Araki
She was 52, 72 years old when she died
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Mayumi Ogawa
She was 30, now 84 years old
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If You Were Young: Rage Crew
