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Cruel Story of Youth is a japonais film of genre Drama directed by Nagisa Ōshima released in USA on 18 july 1984 with Yoshiko Kuga

Cruel Story of Youth (1960)

Seishun zankoku monogatari

Cruel Story of Youth
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Released in USA 18 july 1984
Length 1h36
Directed by
OriginJapon
Genres Drama,    Crime,    Romance
Rating69% 3.494063.494063.494063.494063.49406

Cruel Story of Youth (青春残酷物語, Seishun Zankoku Monogatari) is a 1960 Japanese film directed by Nagisa Oshima, starring Yusuke Kawazu and Miyuki Kuwano as teenage delinquents and lovers. It is Oshima's second feature film and is known for its elements of French nouvelle vague.

Synopsis

After Makoto Shinjo hitchhikes a ride, the driver tries to molest her, but is stopped by Kiyoshi Fuji. He takes her on a date, first to watch protests against the Anpo treaty, and then later to ride a motorboat on a river, where he rapes her. One day, after trying to wait for him at a bar he frequents, she is targeted by gangsters who prostitute women, but Kiyoshi fights them and they leave them alone in exchange for a payment. The two fall in love and Makoto spends more time with him, causing her to be rebuked by her older sister Yuki, resulting in her deciding to live with him. To make money, the two re-enact how they met, with Makoto seducing a driver and, when he comes on to her, Kiyoshi extorting him. In one case, a politician named Horio picks her up, but makes her feel happy so she doesn't do it.

Actors

Yoshiko Kuga

(Yuki)
Jun Hamamura

(Masahiro)
Kei Satō

(Akira Matsuko)
Kyū Sazanka
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