| Overview: | A Takashi Miike film that is, to a degree, autobiographical, "Young Thugs: Innocent Blood" follows three friends through their first year after leaving school. Having robbed their teacher on their last day at school, Ryoko gets a job in a hair salon, while the two boys settle down to a career of enforcement and protection.
Set in Kishiwada, a fishing district in the industrial town of Osaka, "Innocent Blood" lives up to its title. A lot of blood gets splattered around, without anyone getting too badly hurt, or taking too much offense.
This is a story of rough kids trying to find their way in the world, a world of violence, sentiment, and comedy, in a film that moves at a cracking pace from the opening shot.
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