Movie

The Youth Killer

1976 · 121 min

A slow, suffocating plunge into a young man's alienation, where family love curdles into violence and the aftermath is eerily calm.

Overview: Though his parents help him run the family business, Jun still feels persecuted by their love; when they bar him from meeting with his girlfriend, tensions increase.
How it feels: Bleak, dark, tense and melancholic. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Isolation, family, guilt, madness
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
family
guilt
madness
death
Places: small town
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild