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* CowboyCop: In the backstory. Jo embezzled money from the police force to investigate a hunch of his. Then he tortured a suspect. In a SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome, this landed him in prison for embezzlement and assault.
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* CowboyCop: In the backstory. Jo embezzled money from the police force to investigate a hunch of his. Then he tortured a suspect. In a SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome, [[DeconstructedTrope And this landed him in prison for embezzlement and assault.]]
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* ShootingTheRope: An unusual example. Jo has been strung up by his feet from a chandelier. Hanging upside down, he eventually frees himself by swinging until he can reach a gun on a table, then shooting the rope.
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* ShootingTheRope: ShootTheRope: An unusual example. Jo has been strung up by his feet from a chandelier. Hanging upside down, he eventually frees himself by swinging until he can reach a gun on a table, then shooting the rope.
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* RightHandCat: Nomoto, the boss of the gang, has a cat he's always carrying around and snuggling with. In his first scene he throws a knife at Jo with one arm while holding the cat with another.
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* RightHandBoss: Nomoto, the boss of the gang, has a cat he's always carrying around and snuggling with. In his first scene he throws a knife at Jo with one arm while holding the cat with another.
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An ex-cop is hired by a yakiza gang as an enforcer. However, he's actually seeking revenge for his partner's death. Thus, he makes deals with a rival gang, which spark a massive gang war.
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Why? Because Jo has hidden motives. It turns out that he's not really a gangster after all. He is in fact an ex-cop who went to jail when a CowboyCop operation of his went awry. While he was away his old partner Takeshita killed himself...or so the police think. Jo is sure that Takeshita was actually
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* ArchEnemy: Jo has Nomot Tetsuo, who killed his partner.
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* ArchEnemy: Jo has Nomot Nomoto Tetsuo, who killed his partner.partner.
* BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork: Jo swore to "kill the killers", Jo flinches at the prospect when he confronts Kumiko, the real killer. So instead, he tricks her into pressing Hideo's BerserkButton by getting her to mention, in Hideo's earshot, that Hideo is the SonOfAWhore. Jo then leaves just as Hideo is busting out his razor to use on Kumiko.
* BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork: Jo swore to "kill the killers", Jo flinches at the prospect when he confronts Kumiko, the real killer. So instead, he tricks her into pressing Hideo's BerserkButton by getting her to mention, in Hideo's earshot, that Hideo is the SonOfAWhore. Jo then leaves just as Hideo is busting out his razor to use on Kumiko.
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* CowboyCop: Jo embezzled money from the police force to investigate a hunch of his. This lands him in jail.
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* BrandishmentBluff: Jo gets the drop on the Sanko gang when they came to kill him by pointing a shotgun at them. The gang didn't know that the shotgun's action was broken.
* BriefcaseFullOfMoney: The Nomoto gang brings one to a drug deal. Joe gets the Sanko gang to steal the money after it's handed over, in an effort to start the two gangs fighting each other.
* ClothingDamage: An enraged Nomoto whips Keiko until she's half-naked. Then, because he's a sadist and it turns him on, they have sex.
* CowboyCop: In the backstory. Jo embezzled money from the police force to investigate a hunch of his.This lands Then he tortured a suspect. In a SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome, this landed him in jail.
%%* AFistfulOfRehashes: Asprison for embezzlement and assault.
* TheDogWasTheMastermind: Who is Nomoto's "sixth mistress"? Who really killed Takeshita? Why, it was his sweet, kindly wife Keiko! It turns out that Keiko was Nomoto's minion all along, and head of his prostitution ring. She married Takeshita to keep tabs on him, and killed him when he found out about her.
* {{Fingore}}: Nomoto tortures Jo by sticking ayakuza film.
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* {{Flashback}}: A flashback shows Jo explaining to Takeshita that he wasn't ''really'' embezzling, but instead taking money to use in an off-the-books CowboyCop investigation.
* TheInfiltration: Jo worms his way into the Nomoto gang so he can destroy it, and specifically so he can find out who killed his partner.
* MonochromeToColor: Given that it was 1963 it isn't that surprising when the opening scene, with the cops finding the bodies of Takeshita and his girlfriend, is in black and white. That sets up a big punch when the movie cuts away from that scene to a shot of a noisy, chaotic RedLightDistrict in vivid color.
* NeverSuicide: The film opens with a scene of the cops discovering the body of Detective Koichi Takeshita, who has killed himself along with his lover. In fact they were both murdered.
* ParkingGarage: The Sanko gang ambushes Jo in the parking garage of his apartment building, but he turns the tables and gets the drop on them.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: Jo's avowed purpose. Not being a cop anymore, he seeks to "kill the killers" responsible for his partner's death.
* TheReveal: Takeshita's real killer wasn't any of the Yakuza goons, it was his wife Kumiko, who was working for Nomoto all along.
* ShootingTheRope: An unusual example. Jo has been strung up by his feet from a chandelier. Hanging upside down, he eventually frees himself by swinging until he can reach a gun on a table, then shooting the rope.
* SonOfAWhore: Younger brother Hideo Nomoto is the son of a streetwalker. He gets homicidally angry at anyone who reminds him of this.
* VictoriasSecretCompartment: Jo stuffs some money down the top of one of the hookers he's cavorting with at the nightclub. It's all part of a plan to make a big show and get the Nomoto gang to notice him.
* RightHandBoss: Nomoto, the boss of the gang, has a cat he's always carrying around and snuggling with. In his first scene he throws a knife at Jo with one arm while holding the cat with another.
* TheXOfY: ''Youth of the Beast''. It's a completely random title that has nothing to do with the story.
* {{Yakuza}}: A tale of two rival Japanese crime gangs and the renegade ex-cop who sets them warring against each other, in an effort to destroy them and avenge his dead partner.
* YouCanLeaveYourHatOn: A dancer wearing nothing but bikini bottoms and pasties is the entertainment at the nightclub that serves as the Nomoto gang's base.
* BriefcaseFullOfMoney: The Nomoto gang brings one to a drug deal. Joe gets the Sanko gang to steal the money after it's handed over, in an effort to start the two gangs fighting each other.
* ClothingDamage: An enraged Nomoto whips Keiko until she's half-naked. Then, because he's a sadist and it turns him on, they have sex.
* CowboyCop: In the backstory. Jo embezzled money from the police force to investigate a hunch of his.
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* TheDogWasTheMastermind: Who is Nomoto's "sixth mistress"? Who really killed Takeshita? Why, it was his sweet, kindly wife Keiko! It turns out that Keiko was Nomoto's minion all along, and head of his prostitution ring. She married Takeshita to keep tabs on him, and killed him when he found out about her.
* {{Fingore}}: Nomoto tortures Jo by sticking a
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* {{Flashback}}: A flashback shows Jo explaining to Takeshita that he wasn't ''really'' embezzling, but instead taking money to use in an off-the-books CowboyCop investigation.
* TheInfiltration: Jo worms his way into the Nomoto gang so he can destroy it, and specifically so he can find out who killed his partner.
* MonochromeToColor: Given that it was 1963 it isn't that surprising when the opening scene, with the cops finding the bodies of Takeshita and his girlfriend, is in black and white. That sets up a big punch when the movie cuts away from that scene to a shot of a noisy, chaotic RedLightDistrict in vivid color.
* NeverSuicide: The film opens with a scene of the cops discovering the body of Detective Koichi Takeshita, who has killed himself along with his lover. In fact they were both murdered.
* ParkingGarage: The Sanko gang ambushes Jo in the parking garage of his apartment building, but he turns the tables and gets the drop on them.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: Jo's avowed purpose. Not being a cop anymore, he seeks to "kill the killers" responsible for his partner's death.
* TheReveal: Takeshita's real killer wasn't any of the Yakuza goons, it was his wife Kumiko, who was working for Nomoto all along.
* ShootingTheRope: An unusual example. Jo has been strung up by his feet from a chandelier. Hanging upside down, he eventually frees himself by swinging until he can reach a gun on a table, then shooting the rope.
* SonOfAWhore: Younger brother Hideo Nomoto is the son of a streetwalker. He gets homicidally angry at anyone who reminds him of this.
* VictoriasSecretCompartment: Jo stuffs some money down the top of one of the hookers he's cavorting with at the nightclub. It's all part of a plan to make a big show and get the Nomoto gang to notice him.
* RightHandBoss: Nomoto, the boss of the gang, has a cat he's always carrying around and snuggling with. In his first scene he throws a knife at Jo with one arm while holding the cat with another.
* TheXOfY: ''Youth of the Beast''. It's a completely random title that has nothing to do with the story.
* {{Yakuza}}: A tale of two rival Japanese crime gangs and the renegade ex-cop who sets them warring against each other, in an effort to destroy them and avenge his dead partner.
* YouCanLeaveYourHatOn: A dancer wearing nothing but bikini bottoms and pasties is the entertainment at the nightclub that serves as the Nomoto gang's base.
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* CowboyCop: Jo embezzled money from the police force to investigate a hunch of his. [[RealityEnsues This lands him in jail.]]
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* CowboyCop: Jo embezzled money from the police force to investigate a hunch of his. [[RealityEnsues This lands him in jail.]]
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* ArchEnemy: Jo has Nomot Tetsuo, who killed his partner.
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'''''Youth of the Beast''''' is a 1963 {{Japanese|Films}} yakuza {{thriller}} film directed by Creator/SeijunSuzuki.
An ex-cop is hired by a yakiza gang as an enforcer. However, he's actually seeking revenge for his partner's death. Thus, he makes deals with a rival gang, which spark a massive gang war.
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!!This film contains examples of:
* BerserkButton: Don't call Hideo's mom a whore or he'll mutilate your face.
* BigBad: Nomoto Tetsuo, the {{Yakuza}} boss who killed Jo's partner.
* CowboyCop: Jo embezzled money from the police force to investigate a hunch of his. [[RealityEnsues This lands him in jail.]]
* AFistfulOfRehashes: As a yakuza film.
* TheXOfY
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An ex-cop is hired by a yakiza gang as an enforcer. However, he's actually seeking revenge for his partner's death. Thus, he makes deals with a rival gang, which spark a massive gang war.
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!!This film contains examples of:
* BerserkButton: Don't call Hideo's mom a whore or he'll mutilate your face.
* BigBad: Nomoto Tetsuo, the {{Yakuza}} boss who killed Jo's partner.
* CowboyCop: Jo embezzled money from the police force to investigate a hunch of his. [[RealityEnsues This lands him in jail.]]
* AFistfulOfRehashes: As a yakuza film.
* TheXOfY
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