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Kō Nakahira directed Crazed Fruit (aka Juvenile Jungle), a Japanese Sun Tribe film that’s an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Shintaro Ishihara, the older brother of cast member Yujiro Ishihara.
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The tale concerns two brothers who fall in love with the same woman and the resulting conflict.
The film was controversial upon release because of its depiction of Japanese youth.
It was critically savaged for its “lurid” portrayal of the postwar sexual revolution among Japan’s young and privileged.
A younger generation of Japanese and foreign critics now regard Crazed Fruit as an anarchic outcry against tradition and the older generation.
Later on, it would become known as a foundational work of the Sun Tribe genre.
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Cast
Masahiko Tsugawa – Haruji
Yujiro Ishihara – Natsuhisa
Mie Kitahara – Eri
Harold Conway – Eri’s husband
Masumi Okada – Frank
Shintaro Ishihara – Ishihara
Credits:
- Director: Kô Nakahira
- Producer: Takiko Mizunoe
- Screenplay and original story: Shintaro Ishihara
- Cinematography: Shigeyoshi Mine
- Art director: Takashi Matsuyama
- Music: Masaru Sato, Toru Takemitsu
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Release date: July 12, 1956Running time: 86 minutes
Note:
TCM showed the movie on October 26, 2021.