In recent years, a sense of nostalgia has been spreading among young people in Japan for the Showa era, which lasted from 1926 to 1989. A theme park has opened a recreation of a 1960s shopping street.

Each turning point in the outlaw’s life is brilliantly linked with significant events of the Showa Era, including: the huge protests over the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty; the 1964 Tokyo Olympics ...