Poster backdrop for Moero Seishun no Ichinen – “Burn, One Year of Youth”

MOERO SEISHUN NO ICHINEN – “BURN, ONE YEAR OF YOUTH”

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Commissioned by Japan’s largest prep school, Kawaijuku, as an entrance ceremony short, this 1986 film follows a year in the life of a female “ronin” student. Directed by then-rookie Junichi Inoue and produced by iconoclastic filmmaker Koji Wakamatsu, it transforms what should have been a conventional promotional piece into an audacious, subversive portrait of youth, featuring Mikari, Naoto Takenaka, and manga legend Fujio Akatsuka.

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