Storm Era

This film (drama)Also known as嵐を呼ぶ十八人，is aJapanProducerwomen sex，At1963Released in year 。The dialogue language isJapanese，Current Douban rating7.6(For reference only)。

Originally the naval port of the Imperial Army, Wugang became a living hell for shipyard workers after the war. Under the dual torment of capitalist exploitation and monotonous life, restless young lives plunge into a vortex of violence, delaying their growth, seeking temporary numbness through fighting, gambling, and drinking. Yoshida Kijū critiques the unreasonable social reality through the eyes of a foreman, navigating a complex relationship with the issues at hand and is regarded as one of the representative works of Japan's New Wave. Koyama Yoshiko plays an innocent bar waitress who sympathizes with the workers but tragically becomes a victim of rape; the interplay of positive and negative energies competes and permeates each other in the grand era, raising the question: can one transcend the notions of right and wrong, is and isn’t? The film concludes with a farewell at the train station, where Yoshida makes a leftist choice between home and society. One of the key films ushering in the Shochiku "New Wave" era, this raw tale of migrant laborers at a post-war naval base simmers with youthful outrage. Responsible shipyard worker Shimazaki (Hayakawa) is put in charge of new recruits from Osaka. The immature gang quickly finds trouble drinking, gambling, and fighting, and eventually trespassing against what Shimazaki holds most dear - local bargirl Nobu. Revenge, honor, and loyalty are all called into question. Yoshida's groundbreaking film portrayed real social issues in an unromantic light, and paved the way for all the cinematic "roughs" to come. - SummerIFF 2007