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Cruel Story of Youth (1960)

A harsh young man seduces a freeloading young woman and eventually takes advantage of her knack for hitchhiking to rob middle-class men.

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a b 22 Dec 2007

This is kind of unique perspective, an early cinematic look at the lives of Japanese young people in 1960. Clearly this is a new era, less than a decade earlier we had Seven Samurai, now this "Rebel Without A Cause" cousin is made and really doesn't shy away from anything. I liked all the bright colors of the streets and the costumes, but I didn't really empathize with any of the characters, even in the end. The girl Makoto is just dumb. Kiyoshi is more dynamic, I liked him. But the entire movie Makoto gets assaulted and yet doesn't seem to mind. I guess I was more interested in the scenery and time period. The scene where Kiyoshi eats the apple in the abortion clinic is a weirdly biblical allusion--they give in to lust just to try to rebel against society. Some cool jazz music, though. Oddly (or not) American.

Chris Buckle 31 Aug 2015

A cynical tale of wayward youth presented with a suitable degree of directorial maturity.

Khrysten R 28 Aug 2008

I happened to catch this during a TCM special for the early films of Asia, and thought that it was well done. It relays the twisted sexual depravity believed to be lived by the youth of Japan in the early 1960s and how they are doomed if they continue to act the way they do. Sure, the two main characters' relationship is twisted BEYOND belief, but the ending showed an possible outcome for them. I really enjoyed this simply because of its uniqueness.

Private U 22 Jan 2008

In a way its your conventional youth-is-doomed movie, with the driftless young couple getting their just desserts in the end, but it's really a reflection on society and so on and so forth--but on the other hand it has a unique feel to it, not only because Oshima does a great job in telling the story, but because it doesn't really hold any punches. You can feel for the couple but still roll your eyes at how stupid they're being--in similar but lesser movies you spend a lot of time just doing the latter.

Azka A 06 Jun 2008

surprising to see this film come out of 1960's Japan.