Cruel Story of Youth

1960 · directed by Nagisa Ōshima

Rating: 81/100
Hit: yes

A harsh young man seduces a freeloading young woman and eventually takes advantage of her knack for hitchhiking to rob middle-class men.

Cruel Story of Youth (1960), directed by Nagisa Ōshima, rates 81/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

Yūsuke Kawazu
Miyuki Kuwano
Yoshiko Kuga
Fumio Watanabe
Shinji Tanaka
Yosuke Hayashi
Toshiko Kobayashi
Jun Hamamura
Yuki Tominaga
Kei Satō

Crew

Takashi Kawamata — Director of Photography
Keiichi Uraoka — Editor
Riichirō Manabe — Original Music Composer
Nagisa Ōshima — Screenplay

More from Nagisa Ōshima

Boy (1969) — 84/100 · hit
Death by Hanging (1968) — 79/100
In the Realm of the Senses (1976) — 73/100
Empire of Passion (1978) — 73/100
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983) — 71/100
Taboo (1999) — 69/100

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