---
title: 'Young Thugs: Innocent Blood (1997)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Takashi Miike'
released: '1997-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 107
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/young-thugs-innocent-blood-1997'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0142458/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Young Thugs: Innocent Blood (1997)

1997 · 107 min · Drama · Japan

Original title: 岸和田少年愚連隊 血煙り純情篇

## Synopsis

Young Thugs: Innocent Blood  is a 1997 Japanese film directed by Takashi Miike. It is based on the autobiographical novel Kishiwada shōnen gurentai: Chikemuri junjō-hen written by Riichi Nakaba. It is the sequel to the 1996 film Boys Be Ambitious and is followed by the 1998 prequel film Young Thugs: Nostalgia.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Takashi Miike](https://cinepixo.com/people/takashi-miike)
- **Screenplay:** [Masaru Nakamura](https://cinepixo.com/people/masaru-nakamura)
- **Director of Photography:** [Hideo Yamamoto](https://cinepixo.com/people/hideo-yamamoto)
- **Editor:** [Yasushi Shimamura](https://cinepixo.com/people/yasushi-shimamura)

## Cast

- [Chihara Junior](https://cinepixo.com/people/chihara-junior)
- [Takeshi Caesar](https://cinepixo.com/people/takeshi-caesar)
- [Kazuki Kitamura](https://cinepixo.com/people/kazuki-kitamura)
- [Sarina Suzuki](https://cinepixo.com/people/sarina-suzuki)
- [Takashi Miike](https://cinepixo.com/people/takashi-miike)
- [Noriko Eguchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/noriko-eguchi)
- [Seiji Chihara](https://cinepixo.com/people/seiji-chihara)
- [Hiroko Nakajima](https://cinepixo.com/people/hiroko-nakajima)

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