| Crazed Fruit | |
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| Directed by | Kō Nakahira (as Yasushi Nakahira) |
| Written by | Shintaro Ishihara |
| Produced by | Takiko Mizunoe |
| Starring | Masahiko Tsugawa Mie Kitahara Yujiro Ishihara |
| Cinematography | Shigeyoshi Mine |
| Music by | Masaru Sato Tōru Takemitsu |
| Distributed by | Nikkatsu |
| Release date |
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| Running time | 86 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
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. It is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Shintaro Ishihara, the older brother of cast member Yujiro Ishihara, 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. It later was known as a foundational work of the Sun Tribe genre.
Cast
- Masahiko Tsugawa – Haruji
- Yujiro Ishihara – Natsuhisa
- Mie Kitahara – Eri
- Harold Conway – Eri's husband
- Masumi Okada – Frank
- Shintaro Ishihara – Ishihara
References
- Crazed Fruit (in Japanese) at the Japanese Movie Database
- "狂った果実". kotobank. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- Marc Mohan "Crazed Fruit: The Criterion Collection"
- ^ Deming, Mark. "Crazed Fruit (1956)". AllMovie. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
External links
- Crazed Fruit at IMDb
- 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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