Farewell to Rock'n Roll (番格ロック) 50 years old

Farewell to Rock'n Roll

There is an ongoing war between two Girl Gangs, the Akabane 100 Club and the Ikebukuro Cavalry. Yukiko, the "Bankaku," or chief bodyguard of the Akabane, is released from reform school and sets about to finish an ongoing one-on-one grudge match with the Arab Falcon and the whole Cavalry gang. With a theme song by 1970s Japanese "Group Sounds" band Carol, and live performance. Rock and Sukeban unite for an extraordinary and cool piece of filmmaking.

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Farewell to Rock'n Roll Cast

Name Character
Moeko Ezawa She was 34, now 85 years old
Emiko Yamauchi She was 19, now 70 years old
Naoya Makoto He was 25, now 75 years old
Hatsuo Yamaya He was 39, 85 years old when he died
Chû Takatsuki He was 30, now 80 years old
Takashi Shikauchi He was 32, now 83 years old
Akemi Yamaguchi She was 26, now 77 years old
Hideo Murota He was 35, 64 years old when he died
Yumiko Katayama She was 21, now 71 years old
Hajime Kubo
Chie Kobayashi She was 9, now 60 years old
Hôsei Komatsu He was 48, 78 years old when he died

Farewell to Rock'n Roll Crew

Name Department
Shuichiro Nakamura as Art Direction. Art
Hideaki Yamamoto as Screenplay. Writing
Makoto Naito as Director. He was 37 (now 88) years old Directing
Masao Yagi as Original Music Composer. He was 40 (58) years old when He died Sound
Atsushi Yamatoya as Screenplay. He was 36 (55) years old when He died Writing
Farewell to Rock'n Roll poster
Farewell to Rock'n Roll (50 years)

  • Release day: Tuesday, September 25, 1973
  • Runtime: 83 minutes