Three Resurrected Drunkards


Three Resurrected Drunkards is a Japanese film directed by Nagisa Ōshima. It was based on the hit song "kaette kita yopparai" by The Folk Crusaders, a folk and pop music group that also appeared in the film. It was released in March 1968.

Plot

Three young men go to the beach. Someone steals their clothes while they swim, and replaces them with ones that then leave the three mistaken for illegal aliens. In a commentary on the way Korean immigrants are treated in Japan, the three must then flee from the authorities, who are presented in a ridiculing light.

Cast

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Home media

A digitally restored version of the film was released on DVD by The Criterion Collection as part of their Eclipse Series.