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fighting elegy (1966)

aka Elegy to Violence.
"You a Jesus freak or something?"
During the 1930s, teenager Kiroku (Hideki Takahashi) is obsessed with Michiko (Junko Asano), but she fains indifference. So he pursues a militaristic training regime to toughen himself up and impress her.
A deep and beautifully shot slapstick style satire on the militaristic attitudes that would lead Japan into WWII.

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