Set at the height of the Japanese student rebellion in 1968, the film tells the story of the friendship between two very different men—a fortyish film maniac who spends nearly all his time at the movies and a 19-year-old going through the final rites of passage from adolescence to adulthood.
26th May 1979
47 years ago
1 hour 51 minutes
Finishes at 3:20pm
6.1/10
70%
66%
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