If You Were Young: Rage (君が若者なら) 54 years old

If You Were Young: Rage

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

Name Character
Jitsuko Yoshimura She was 26, now 81 years old
Hideo Murota He was 32, 64 years old when he died
Sanae Nakahara She was 34, 76 years old when she died
Yumiko Fujita She was 24, now 79 years old
Tôru Minegishi He was 26, 65 years old when he died as Ryuji Kitano
Kiwako Taichi She was 26, 48 years old when she died
Michie Terada She was 27, now 82 years old
Michiko Araki She was 52, 72 years old when she died
Mayumi Ogawa She was 30, now 85 years old
Tetsuo Ishidate He was 27, 64 years old when he died as Kikuo Higuchi

If You Were Young: Rage Crew

Name Department
Takehiro Nakajima as Writer. He was 34 (now 89) years old Writing
Ai Kennedy as Translator. Crew
Kinji Fukasaku as Director. He was 39 (72) years old when He died Directing
Kinji Fukasaku as Writer. He was 39 (72) years old when He died Writing
Koji Matsumoto as Writer. Writing
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If You Were Young: Rage (54 years)

  • Release day: Wednesday, May 27, 1970
  • Runtime: 89 minutes