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7.0/10   542 votes
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Director:
Writer:
Nagisa Ôshima (writer)
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Release Date:
July 1961 (USA) more
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Plot:
Makoto and Kiyoshi's generation follows their desires. She's in high school when a university student... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win more
User Comments:
Two young delinquents start a relationship that will spell disaster for both of them. more (10 total)

Cast

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Yûsuke Kawazu ... Kiyoshi
Miyuki Kuwano ... 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 Satô ... Akira Matsuko
Asao Sano ... Inspector
Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi ... Keizo Horio
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
A Story of the Cruelties of Youth
Cruel Story of Youth
Naked Youth
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Runtime:
96 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Trivia:
The adult subject matter was too much for the BBFC who rejected the film for a UK cinema certificate in 1960. It was finally passed uncut with a 15 certificate in 2008. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in 100 Years of Japanese Cinema (1994) (TV) more

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2 out of 4 people found the following comment useful.
Two young delinquents start a relationship that will spell disaster for both of them., 7 July 2006
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Author: plan2 from United States

This is an interesting story about how stupid and self-destructive people—young people in this case—can be. This movie was released in 1960, but look around and it's clear that the issues it brings up—although in a somewhat overly melodramatic way—continue to be relevant today, and probably always will be as long as human beings exist. The previous reviewer has the right to their negative opinion, but I think they missed the big picture, perhaps they are just too young to know any better.

Besides following a good storyline, it is also well-shot. The cinematography is crisp. And the overall nature of the photography gives the film a fantastic and hermetic quality. It's gritty, and obviously seeks to be realistic, but it has the feel of a fable or a morality tale.

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