Boys Be Ambitious
Kazuyuki IzutsuCast
Hiroyuki Yabe Takashi Okamura Nanako Ôkôchi 
Hiroyuki Miyasako 
Hôka Kinoshita Saori Yagi
Credits
Written by: Wui-Sin Chong
Plot
Chunba and Kotetsu, grows up in the working class neighborhood of Kishiwada in Osaka in the mid-seventies. Their life in school is a never-ending series of fights and reprisals against rival gangs landing them in trouble with organised crime and in the juvenile court.
Sinekatalog’s take
Boys Be Ambitious (1996) is a Japanese crime film directed by Kazuyuki Izutsu. It won Best Film at the Blue Ribbon Awards in 1996. It stars Takashi Okamura, Hiroyuki Yabe and Nanako Okochi. It runs 105 minutes. It is listed here for its festival and awards record.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 5.9 / 10 (78 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.