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Stories of Bastards: Born Under a Bad Star

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Stories of Bastards: Born Under a Bad Star
Directed bySeijun Suzuki
Written byRyozo Kasahara
Toko Kon (Novel)
Produced byMasayuki Takagi
StarringYumiko Nogawa
Ruriko Ito
Chikako Miyagi
Michio Hino
CinematographyKazue Nagatsuka
Edited byAkira Suzuki
Music byHajime Okumura
Distributed byNikkatsu
Release date
  • August 25, 1965 (1965-08-25)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Stories of Bastards: Born Under a Bad Star (悪太郎伝 悪い星の下でも, Akutarō den: Warui hoshi no shita demo)—also known as Born Under Crossed Stars is a 1965 Japanese film directed by Seijun Suzuki for the Nikkatsu Corporation. It was adapted from a Toko Kon novel, as Suzuki had done with its predecessor The Bastard (1963) and would do again with Carmen from Kawachi the following year.

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