Here's a film, Youth in Fury, that I was considering using in my Images of Fascism class this spring as a Finals Week assignment, although I think I may have backed away from it. I'm not a huge fan of Masahiro Shinoda, although his Pale Flower is my favorite Japanese film noir. The film is about a university student who is drawn towards right wing terror as part of his and Japan's turmoil, which would have potentially made for a perfect fit for my Fascism class, but in the end I don't know if we get into his mind enough to allow my students to tackle with his motives in relation to the readings we've done on authoritarianism, especially the appeal of authoritarianism to the young. It's a good movie, and the ending is beautifully evocative of the age, so I may give it another consideration. Either way, it's definitely recommended.
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