SEISHUN ZANKOKU MONOGATARI

(CRUEL STORY OF YOUTH)
Nagisa OSHIMA
  • 2014
  • Cannes Classics
  • Restored prints

Nagisa Oshima’s a shocking tale of youthful delinquency in post Hiroshima japan. Makoto is in high school when a university student, Kiyoshi, rescues her from a middle-aged man’s assault. The next day Kiyoshi takes out Makoto and insists roughly on sex and their affair begins in earnest. Things are semi-OK until pregnancy and a short stay in jail change their relationship.

Directed by : Nagisa OSHIMA
Year of production: 1960
Country: Japan
Duration: 97 minutes

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