God Speed You! Black Emperor

The documentary is set in Japan in the nineteen seventies. In those years motorcycle gangs spread. They were called Bosozoku. The press took a close interest in them. The film follows a member of one of these gangs. The young man gets into trouble with the police. After that his family comes into it. The conversations with his mother and father are recorded. The family wants him to leave the gang. The young man is caught between the two sides. The camera is in the street and in the house. The account moves without commentary. Mitsuo Yanagimachi directed the ninety minute documentary. The Japanese production was finished in 1976.