Youth of the Beast (1963)

Date	User	Rating
Sep 19, 2021	Darren	81 _78%
Now this is a brutal movie! Like all Suzuki’s I’ve seen formally a marvel
Jan 27, 2021	natebarrios	80 _86%
just an incredible lightning strike of a movie
Jan 12, 2021	cairosmith	85 _88%
Colorful cast, great pace, and a fantastic pulp plot. It shines in the character beats, but wears a little thin when the low budget can't keep up with the ambition of the action setpieces. Begging to be adapted or remade.
Feb 13, 2018	driscarpin	88 _84%
Em honra de Tamio Kawaji (1938 - 2018) filme #3. Noir encontra Yojimbo. A beleza de cada frame é impressionante, especialmente pelo uso das cores, o que me faz ter uma queda maior pelos filmes coloridos do Suzuki. BluRayRip no MakingOff.
Mar 22, 2017	kito1	40 _10%
It has a nice look and feel, but I was just massively bored throughout. Maybe need to watch again some time.
Jun 29, 2015	hsncrspywl	84 _74%
Tarantino before Tarantino, bold, vivid, with fantastic set design and a killer score, and brisk as hell. Perfect b-movie stuff, almost feels like a Bond film - a time capsule of something that only exists in dreams.
Apr 24, 2014	DesertPunk	83 _81%
Suzuki at his most coherent, but also his most brutal and nihilistic. Every facet of the revenge-gone-wrong story is unveiled in gruesome, beautiful fashion with the usual Suzuki style. Also notable for being the only Japanese movie I've ever seen with a sandstorm, because why the fuck not I guess.
Jun 28, 2011	Antares	68 _47%
I'll have to admit, for the duration of this film, I kept waiting for one character to ask another character the whereabouts of the famous egg salad recipe. This is my first Seijun Suzuki film, and while it kept me entertained, it failed to wow me. I think part of the problem lies with the lead actor, Jô Shishido. Was this the best actor Nikkatsu studios had to offer at the time of this films production? He reminded me of a moody, badly postured version of Shintarô Katsu from the Zatoichi films.
Oct 13, 2009	b4con	95 _93%
This has a somewhat pulpy yet also impressive conventional film-noir story. Suzuki's flagrant mise en scène gives an acutely expressive experience to the farcical story.
Sep 02, 2009	JooJoo	5 _80%
Suzuki is definitely doing his own thing, but I'll be damned if these writers didn't have Yojimbo and The Bad Sleep Well in the forefront of his mind while making this. All the more reason to love it.
Dec 10, 2008	Mentaculus	80 _72%
A fantastic lesser effort from Suzuki. The scene where the boss beats the prostitute, foregrounded by an isolated desert, is one of the absolute most memorable sequences in a Suzuki film.
Sep 05, 2008	burakh	70 _59%
style well over substance.
Aug 26, 2008	Nathan S	3 _45%
Probably not as outrageous as Suzuki's later films, but it's still a visual sensation and quite a blast. His detailed compositions and use of color lend the movie an aesthetic quality nothing short of mesmerizing. The plot doesn't seem quite as important to Suzuki as what he could do with the camera, and what could be a twisting gangster story is somewhat left behind. It's a fun movie, but even at 92 minutes it feels a bit overlong.
Aug 04, 2008	iceblox	75 _76%
Not having seen a lot of Yakuza movies and hence not having a lot to compare against, this seemed decent enough, and a good start. Loved the twist in the end, and that for me, alone, raised this from a so-so movie to a good one.
May 16, 2008	IHateMovies	90 _75%
An incredibly fun movie that served as my introduction to the crazy and beautiful world of Seijun Suzuki.
Aug 14, 2007	MartinTeller	82 _73%
Another exciting and dynamic Suzuki. Insane jump cuts, angles all over the place, jazzy score. But the story wasn't especially engaging. Nice twist ending, though.
Aug 14, 2007	x-human	82 _76%
It's Yojimbo with a murder mystery thrown in to spice things up a bit, done by a more reserved but still stylish Suzuki. It's shot rather interestingly in that there's a lot of use of wide shots, and since it's mostly indoors in 2.35:1 they usually end up framing the ceiling as the top and floor as the bottom, often giving it a landscape feel.

Average Percentile 65.82% from 252 Ratings