Everything Goes Wrong

1960 [JAPANESE]

Action / Crime / Drama

7
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 71%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 71%
IMDb Rating 6.8/10 10 662 662

street gang gang rape juvenile delinquent rebellious youth abortion

Plot summary

Everything goes wrong when Jiro tries to break up his mother's relationship with a business man. The young rebel Jiro has to deal with an environment of crime and prostitution, and the impact of its choices on personal relationships: one with his mother, one with her business man lover and one with the girl in love with him.

Director

Seijun Suzuki Photo
Seijun Suzuki

Top cast

Kôichi Uenoyama Photo
Kôichi Uenoyama as Yasuo Ono
Shinsuke Ashida Photo
Shinsuke Ashida as Keigo Nambara
Kotoe Hatsui Photo
Kotoe Hatsui as Ritsuko
Fumio Sakashita Photo
Fumio Sakashita as Jôjima
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656.3 MB
1280*512
Japanese 2.0
NR
Subtitles jp  
23.976 fps
1 hr 11 min
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1.19 GB
1920*768
Japanese 2.0
NR
Subtitles jp  
23.976 fps
1 hr 11 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by ksf-2 7 / 10

seems to be similar to blackboard jungle

The united states title for this is everything goes wrong, while in japanese, it translates to everything is crazy. Jiro is a confused, angry, youth, trying to grow up in the crazy world around him. This was 1960, so japan was starting to get back on its feet after world war two. When he discovers that his mother is hanging around with a married man, he must deal with his own feelings, in spite of the fact that the married man has helped them financially over the years. So Jiro does what a youth in a city does... he joins a gang and goes down the wrong path. Starts pulling jobs and making bad decisions. It's pretty good, with lots of peppy, jazzy music. The tone always seems to be upbeat and fast, even when Jiro is breaking into cars. The director must really like jazz. Story by Akira Ichijo. Directed by Seijun Suzuki. Wikipedia dot com says he went to film school after the war, and about ten years later, began directing films. This is pretty good... has almost the same plot as Blackboard Jungle, which had come out five years prior.
Reviewed by jamesrupert2014 7 / 10

Unpleasant Japanese JD melodrama

The life of bitter teenager Jiro Sugita (Tamio Kawaji) spirals out of control as his petty lawlessness and his resentment of his mother's relationship with a married man leads to violence. Seijun Suzuki's teen melodrama is an unpleasant snapshot of life amongst disaffected youth who were born in the ruins of Japan just as the War in the Pacific was ending. Jiro's resentment comes from his mother being forced to take money from a lover in order to survive, money that Jiro hates but willing demands (the idea of being dependent on outside money may have been very resonant with audiences during Japan's 'rebuilding' stage). The film is quite 'adult', with brief glimpses of nudity, issues such as abortion and youth prostitution, and candid and casual off-screen brutality (there are several indifferent references to girls in the gang being raped by multiple boys). I found it more disturbing than a comparable American 'JD' pic, possibly because the youth look more 'innocent' (especially the girls) and less like the 'cliched' street hoodlums you'd see in, for example, a John Cassavetes film. The direction is quite effective although the acting was a bit melodramatic at times (although angry teens are not particularly known for subtleties of behaviour). The cinematography is good except for a number of weak and obvious back-projection scenes and the young cast, notably Yoshiko Nezu as Jiro's 'in for anything' girlfriend Toshimi and Shinako Nakagawa as her desperate pregnant friend Etsuko, is quite good. An interesting look at the darker side of Japanese post-war culture, well-made but not for all tastes.
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