Violent Youth Recommendations

[StarDreamCan]

I love movies like Blue Spring, Tokyo Psycho, and such. Looking for films about youth that go through the whole sex drugs violence stages. Picked up Burst City years ago and got around to watching it... I just love frantic japanese movies of mispent youth. Hook me up!

[daisho2004]

You need to check out: Battle Royale # 1& 2

synopsis:
With the Japanese currently leading the way in thought-provoking cinematic violence, it's only fitting that Kinji Fukasaku's Battle Royale is being touted as a Clockwork Orange for the 21st century. Based on the novel by Koshun Takami, the film opens with a series of fleeting images of unruly Japanese schoolchildren, whose bad behavior provides a justification for the "punishments" that will ensue. Once the prequel has been dispensed with, the classmates are drugged and awaken on an island where they find they have been fitted with dog collars that monitor their every move. Instructed by their old teacher ("Beat" Takeshi) with the aid of an upbeat MTV-style video, they are told of their fate: after an impartial lottery they have been chosen to fight each other in a three-day, no-rules contest, the "Battle Royale." Their only chance of survival is through the death of all their classmates.

Some pupils embrace their mission with zeal, while others simply give up or try to become peacemakers and revolutionaries. However, the ultimate drive for survival comes from the desire to protect the one you love. Battle Royale works on many different levels, highlighting the authorities' desperation to enforce law and order and the alienation caused by the generation gap. Whether you consider the film an important social commentary or simply watch it for the adrenaline-fueled violence, this is set to become cult viewing for the computer game generation and beyond

[StarDreamCan]

Yea I have both and love both (even two). Saw them when they first came out... I guess I meant like films with a more real life feel.

[StarDreamCan]

Bump. Bimp. Bamp.

[StarDreamCan]

BUMP. Im looking for any youth films involving lost or loners. A chinese film Rebels of the Neon God comes to mind. All About Lily Chou Chou is a good film but Im looking for more along the lines of Rebels of the neon god. Doesnt have to be violent youth, just mischevious.

[WuxiaFan]

You should check the pinky violence films from the '70 Toei, such as the Girl Boss films, Stray Cat Rock, and Girl Boss Gurerrila films. A bunch of these were released by the now defunct Panik House label.
http://www.pinky-violence.com/films.html
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