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The Youth Killer
1976. Japan. Kazuhiko Hasegawa. 116 min.
Sunday, December 9, 2012, 5:00 p.m.
Theater 2 (The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 2), T2
1976. Japan. Kazuhiko Hasegawa. 116 min.
1976. Japan. Directed by Kazuhiko Hasegawa. Screenplay by Tsutomu Tamura, based on the novel by Kenji Nakagami. With Yutaka Mizutani, Ryohei Uchida, Etsuko Ichihara. Based on a true crime adapted into a short novel by Kenji Nakagami, this debut film by Hasegawa is an operatic tragedy about the psychic breakdown of a young man and the disintegration of his family. Hasegawa’s mesmerizingly intense depictions of violence chart the criminal act and its consequences. Print lent by The Japan Foundation; courtesy Toho Distribution. In Japanese; English subtitles. 116 min.
![Yokoo Tadanori. Diary of a Shinjuku Thief (Sōzōsha) (Shinjuku dorobō nikki [Sōzōsha]). 1968. Screenprint. 39 1/4 x 28″ (99.7 x 71.1 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of the designer. © 2012 Yokoo Tadanori](/images/dynamic_content/exhibition_small_promo/72558.jpg?1345238790)