1956 | Japan | Fiction

Kurutta kajitsu (Crazed Fruit)

  • Japanese English 86 mins
  • Director | Kô Nakahira
  • Writer | Shintaro Ishihara
  • Producer | Takiko Mizunoe

STATUS: Released

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Two brothers compete for the amorous favors of a young woman during a seaside summer of gambling, boating, and drinking, in this seminal Sun Tribe (taiyozoku) film from director Kô Nakahira. Adapted from the controversial novel by Shintarô Ishihara, and critically savaged for its lurid portrayal of the postwar sexual revolution among Japan’s young and privileged, Crazed Fruit is an anarchic outcry against tradition and the older generation.

Youth Rebellion Decadence Jealousy Ennui
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The Criterion Collection
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