Offscreen
THE YOUTH KILLER
14 March 2024 - 19h00
Seishun no satsujinsha
Kazuhiko Hasegawa
JP, 1976, 16mm, VO JP ST FR & NL OND, 132'
Jun stabs his parents to death during a quarrel over his girlfriend, Keiko (Mieko Harada, best known in the west as vengeful Lady Kaede in Ran) but the young couple's plans to run away go awry. Filmed around half-built Narita airport, Hasegawa's directing debut offsets punk nihilism with a catchy Godiego score.