Cruel Story of Youth

Release Date:
Jul 11, 1961
Running Time:
1:37
Genre:
Drama
Director:
Nagisa Oshima
Cast:
Yusuke Kawazu Kiyoshi
Miyuki Kuwanu Makoto
Yoshiko Kuga Yuki, Makoto's elder
Fumio Watanabe Akimoto, the doctor
Shinji Tanaka Yoshimi Ito, student
Yosuke Hayashi
Shinjiro Matsuzaki Terada
Toshiko Kobayashi Teruko
Jun Hamamura Masahiro, Makoto's
Shinko Ujiie Masae Sakaguchi
Aki Morishima Yoko Ishikawa
Yuki Tominaga Toshiko Nishioka
Kei Sato Akira Matsuko
Asao Sano Inspector
Kan Nihonyanagi Keizo Horio
Producers:
Tomio Ikeda
Writers:
Nagisa Oshima
Language:
English

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In 1960 Japan, restless university student Kyoshi seduces pretty teenager Makoto and quickly convinces her to take part in a dark, cruel scheme, both to get easy money and to keep their boredom at bay. Kyoshi and Makoto begin preying on middle-aged men, who easily succumb to Makoto's charms, only to be blackmailed. The couple's growing frustration with the constricted world around them pushes them into increasingly ruthless behavior.

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