IDFA 2007
Young Yakuza
Jean-Pierre Limosin
France
2007
98 min
Juvenile delinquency in Japan has increased over the past years. Not long ago, Naoki, 20 years old, decided to try to make a living from crime much to his mother’s despair. On the advice of a friend, she is handing over her son to the Japanese Mafia for one year. For the first time, a door is opened into the secret world of the Japanese Yakuza, challenging the preconceived ideas of this feared society and experiencing with Naoki the reality of his initiation through the four seasons. Naoki will have to choose between the darkness and the light...
Credits
Production
Co-production
ITVS International,
Coficup
ITVS International,
Coficup
Executive producer
Cinematography
Screenplay
Involved TV Channel
ARTE France 4,
SBS Australia,
Sundance Channel,
YLE
ARTE France 4,
SBS Australia,
Sundance Channel,
YLE
World Sales
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Screening copy
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