shii (then still known by his birth name Toshihiro Ishii) made a splash during the second half of the 1970s at the earliest editions of the now renowned PIA Film Festival. The 17-minute Panic High School (Koko Dai Panikku) and the one-hour Attack! Hakata Street Gangs (Totsugeki! Hakata Gurentai), both shot with groups of friends in Ishii's native stomping ground of northern Kyushu, were reason enough for major studio Nikkatsu to invite him to direct a professional, feature-length remake of the former film. Ishii was still only a student at the time.

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