Ko NAKAHIRA
Crazed Fruit
狂った果実
Nippon Retro ²
“In the rip of a woman’s skirt and the buzz of a motorboat, sensitive people heard the heralding of a new generation of Japanese film.” These were the words that Nagisa OSHIMA used to voice his admiration for CRAZED FRUIT, Ko NAKAHIRA's film that brought about the dawn of the sun tribe genre. Adapted from a controversial novel by Shintaro ISHIHARA, the now ex-governor of Tokyo, the film depicts a lurid story of sex and angst among a generation of disillusioned youth. Francois Truffaut praised Japan's response to REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (1955) for breaking ground for cinema to come.
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Crazed Fruit (NC 2014)
狂った果実
Kurutta kajitsu
Japan 1956
86 minutes
Director
Ko NAKAHIRA
Script
Shintaro ISHIHARA based on a novel by Shintaro ISHIHARA
Cinematography
Shigeyoshi MINE
Music
Masaru SATO, Toru TAKEMITSU
World sales
Nikkatsu
Cast
Yujiro ISHIHARA, Masahiko TSUGAWA, Mie KITAHARA, Masumi OKADA, Eiko HIGASHIYA