If You Were Young: Rage highlights the other side of post-war Japanese prosperity, focusing on the throngs of young people who missed out on the boom. We follow a group of young men that can't seem to get ahead, despite their willingness to try. Then one hits upon a plane - to work together to save for a dump truck and thus become independent contractors and be their own bosses at last. Ultimately life presents obstacles: jail for one, violence at the hands of the police for another and a girlfriend and subsequent children for the third. An early Kinji Fukasaku gem that imports the freewheeling style of the French New Wave and the hip detachment of American noir.
Writing | Koji Matsumoto | Writer |
Writing | Takehiro Nakajima | Writer |
Art | Tōtetsu Hirakawa | Art Direction |
Directing | Kinji Fukasaku | Director |
Crew | Ai Kennedy | Translator |
Writing | Kinji Fukasaku | Writer |
Production | Saburo Muto | Executive Producer |
Production | Seishi Matsumaru | Executive Producer |
Camera | Takamoto Ezure | Director of Photography |
Lighting | Mitsuharu Hirata | Lighting Technician |
Sound | Shotaro Yoshida | Sound Recordist |
Production | Norio Sonoda | Executive Producer |
Sound | Taku Izumi | Original Music Composer |