Crazed Fruit
1956 film
- July 12, 1956 (1956-07-12)[1]
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Crazed Fruit (狂った果実, Kurutta kajitsu), also known as Juvenile Jungle, is a 1956 Japanese Sun Tribe film directed by Kō Nakahira.[2] It is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Shintaro Ishihara, the older brother of cast member Yujiro Ishihara,[3] and is about 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.[4] It later was known as a foundational work of the Sun Tribe genre.[4]
Cast
- Masahiko Tsugawa – Haruji
- Yujiro Ishihara – Natsuhisa
- Mie Kitahara – Eri
- Harold Conway – Eri's husband
- Masumi Okada – Frank
- Shintaro Ishihara – Ishihara
References
External links
- Crazed Fruit at IMDb
- Crazed Fruit at AllMovie
- Thompson, Nathaniel (2006). DVD Delirium: The International Guide to Weird and Wonderful Films on DVD; Volume 3. Godalming, England: FAB Press. pp. 119–120. ISBN 1-903254-40-X.
- Heat Stroke: Crazed Fruit and Japanese Cinema’s Season in the Sun an essay by Chuck Stephens at the Criterion Collection
- Crazed Fruit: Imagining a New Japan—The Taiyozoku Films an essay by Michael Raine at the Criterion Collection
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