The Japanese answer to WEST SIDE STORY! Rarely seen outside of Japan, this Nikkatsu youth movie (seishun eiga) charts the evolving style of director Seijun Suzuki—the B-movie maverick best known for the cult classics TOKYO DRIFTER and BRANDED TO KILL. TEENAGE YAKUZA stars Tamio Kawaji as the high-school vigilante protecting his community from the extortions of mobsters from a neighboring city.