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Boys Be Ambitious

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Boys Be Ambitious
DVD cover
Japanese name
Kanji岸和田少年愚連隊 Boys Be Ambitious
Transcriptions
Revised HepburnKishiwada shōnen gurentai
Directed byKazuyuki Izutsu
Screenplay byWui-Sin Chong
Masayoshi Azuma
Based on
Kishiwada shōnen gurentai
by Riichi Nakaba
Starring
CinematographyTakeshi Hamada
Release date
  • March 16, 1996 (1996-03-16) (Japan)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Boys Be Ambitious (Japanese: 岸和田少年愚連隊 BOYS BE AMBITIOUS, Hepburn: Kishiwada shōnen gurentai) is a 1996 Japanese film directed by Kazuyuki Izutsu. The film is based on the autobiographical novel Kishiwada shōnen gurentai by Riichi Nakaba, and stars Takashi Okamura and Hiroyuki Yabe of the comedy duo Ninety-nine. It was followed by the sequel Young Thugs: Innocent Blood (1997) and the prequel Young Thugs: Nostalgia (1998).

Cast

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Awards

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39th Blue Ribbon Awards[1]

  • Won: Best Film

References

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  1. ^ ブルーリボン賞ヒストリー (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Archived from the original on 2011-10-05. Retrieved 2010-01-18.