The Nineteen-Year-Old's Map

The Nineteen-Year-Old's Map (1979)

十九歳の地図

A 19-year-old newspaper delivery boy begins collecting information on the households in his neighborhood and keeping a journal of why he doesn't like them. Declaring himself a 'right-winger' and calling in bomb threats against the neighbors he doesn't like, the 19-year-old begins a war of psychological terror against the families in his neighborhood.

Date of release
1979-12-01
TMDB
7.2 / 10 (10)
Runtime
1h 50m
Genres
Drama
Director
Mitsuo Yanagimachi

Casting

Interesting facts

Jūkyūsai no Chizu , also known in English as A 19-Year-Old's Map, is a 1979 coming-of-age Japanese film written and directed by Mitsuo Yanagimachi. It is the director's first feature fiction film. It is based on the Kenji Nakagami novel of the same name. The lead actor, Yūji Honma, made his fiction debut here after appearing in Yanagimachi's documentary from 1978. The film depicts an introverted and embittered young man in the process of becoming an adult and discovering the loneliness of life and the failings of human beings. It was voted the 7th best Japanese film of the year by Kinema Junpo.

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