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Cruel Story of Youth

1960 · 97 min

A cold, restless plunge into youthful disillusionment, restless and angry, leaving a lingering chill of futility.

Overview
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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How it feels

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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • rebellion
  • love
  • crime
  • class
Places
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour1
Realism8
Romance5
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
romance, drama, crime
Directed by
Nagisa Ōshima
Written by
Nagisa Ōshima
Starring
Yūsuke Kawazu, Miyuki Kuwano, Yoshiko Kuga, Fumio Watanabe, Shinji Tanaka, Yosuke Hayashi, Toshiko Kobayashi, Jun Hamamura
Music
Riichirō Manabe
Cinematography
Takashi Kawamata
Runtime
97 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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