• Director(s)

    Ryutaro Ninomiya

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Release date

    24/06/2024

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    103m

  • Cast

    Ryôta Bandô, Ryô Iwamatsu, Hana Kino

Film

Wakamusha

strong language, sexual threat

Laconic Japanese drama in which a young man listlessly roams a quiet town with his friends, dreading the seeming endlessness of their future there and indulging in nihilistic violence and threatening, abusive behaviour. …

Laconic Japanese drama in which a young man listlessly roams a quiet town with his friends, dreading the seeming endlessness of their future there and indulging in nihilistic violence and threatening, abusive behaviour.

Content Advice(May contain spoilers)

violence

threat and horror

language

sex

discrimination

drugs

sexual violence and sexual threat

alcohol and smoking

  • Director(s)

    Ryutaro Ninomiya

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Release date

    24/06/2024

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    103m

  • Cast

    Ryôta Bandô, Ryô Iwamatsu, Hana Kino

strong language, sexual threat
Classified Date:
17/06/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
cogitoworks Ltd
violence
There is moderate violence, including a man knocking another out by hitting him from behind with a bottle, and other scenes in which people punch others to the ground.
threat and horror
People threaten each other with violence, including in a prolonged sequence in which a man is given a knife to use to kill another.
language
There is use of strong language (‘f**k’) as well as use of milder terms including ‘bitch’, ‘dick’, ‘son of a bitch’, ‘shit’, ‘piss’, ‘fricking’, ‘ass’, ‘bullshit’, ‘bastard’, ‘asshole’, ‘hell’, ‘screw’, ‘damn’ and ‘butt’.
sex
Verbal sex references occur, including discussions of the use of contraceptives and references to people 'banging'.
discrimination
People make a homophobic remark which is immediately challenged by others, and discrimination is not condoned by the film.
drugs
A passing remark is made about the addictiveness of a certain drugs.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A prolonged sequence of sexual threat sees a man confronting two women, demanding that they go on a date with him and a friend, though the scene ends reassuringly. A woman voices her concern about being sexually harassed in a retirement home.
alcohol and smoking
People smoke cigarettes, though a man describes the worrying health implications of doing so.

  • Classified date

    17/06/2024

  • Language

    Japanese