Cruel Story of Youth (1960)
Seishun zankoku monogatari (original title)Reference View | Change View
- Not Rated
- 1h 36min
- Crime, Drama
- 09 Jul 1961 (USA)
- Movie
- 1 win.
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Cast
| Miyuki Kuwano | ... |
Makoto
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| Yûsuke Kawazu | ... |
Kiyoshi
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| Yoshiko Kuga | ... |
Yuki, Makoto's elder
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| Fumio Watanabe | ... |
Akimoto, the doctor
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| Shinji Tanaka | ... |
Yoshimi Ito, student
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Shinjiro Matsuzaki | ... |
Terada
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Toshiko Kobayashi | ... |
Teruko
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| Jun Hamamura | ... |
Masahiro, Makoto's
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Shinko Ujiie | ... |
Masae Sakaguchi
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Aki Morishima | ... |
Yoko Ishikawa
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Yuki Tominaga | ... |
Toshiko Nishioka
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| Kei Satô | ... |
Akira Matsuko
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| Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi | ... |
Keizo Horio
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Asao Sano | ... |
Inspector
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Yôko Aoba |
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Yosuke Hayashi |
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Keiko Hori |
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Shunji Kasuga |
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Hideo Kidokoro |
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Nobuya Mishima |
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Masayoshi Miyasaka |
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Shin Morikawa |
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| Kyû Sazanka |
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Tamotsu Tamura |
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Yûko Tawarada |
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Directed by
| Nagisa Ôshima | ||
Written by
| Nagisa Ôshima | ... | (screenplay) |
Produced by
| Tomio Ikeda | ... | producer |
Music by
| Riichirô Manabe | ||
Cinematography by
| Takashi Kawamata | ||
Editing by
| Keiichi Uraoka | ||
Editorial Department
| Sahei Sakamaki | ... | colorist |
Production Design by
| Hisashi Hosono | ||
| Hideo Mori | ||
| Kôji Uno | ||
Set Decoration by
| Seiji Ishikawa | ||
Costume Design by
| Taizô Saitô | ||
Production Management
| Hitoshi Numao | ... | production supervisor |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Toshirô Ishidô | ... | assistant director |
Art Department
| Kintarô Yamamoto | ... | set designer |
Sound Department
| Shûzô Horikawa | ... | sound mixer |
| Shinichi Kishimoto | ... | sound recordist |
| Shûjûrô Kurita | ... | sound |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Isamu Satô | ... | gaffer |
| Toshifumi Takahashi | ... | lighting technician |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Shochiku (1961) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Shochiku Films of America (1961) (United States) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Prokino Filmverleih (1986) (West Germany) (theatrical)
- New Yorker Films (1985) (United States) (VHS) (as 'Cruel Story of Youth') (subtitled)
- Raro Video (2005) (Italy) (DVD)
- Yume Pictures (2008) (United Kingdom) (DVD)
- Divisa Home Video (2011) (Spain) (DVD)
- Eureka Entertainment (2015) (United Kingdom) (DVD) (Blu-ray & DVD)
- Leopardo Filmes (2018) (Portugal)
- VCL Communications (West Germany) (VHS)
- trigon-film (2020) (Switzerland)
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Storyline
| Plot Summary |
Kiyoshi is a brooding young man who treats women solely as objects. Makoto is a young woman who is just reaching her sexual awakening. She and her friends accept car rides from middle-aged men, saying it's nothing more than fun and they have no intention of leading on those men. Kiyoshi and Makoto meet when he saves her from one of those middle-aged men trying to take advantage of her. Despite abusing each other, they start a relationship which leads to what they call love, but feels more like an emotional dependence on each other to rebel against traditional society. Neither has money, so they start to extort money from these middle-aged men of hers. This is only one demonstration of the only power they feel they have: sex, which they use against others as well as each other in their doomed relationship. Written by Huggo |
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Did You Know?
| 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. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in The Man Who Left His Soul on Film (1984). See more » |