Cruel Story of Youth

Name: Cruel Story of Youth
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 1960-06-03
Duration: 96 min
Cast: Toshiko Kobayashi, Kyū Sazanka, Hideo Kidokoro, Miyuki Kuwano, Fumio Watanabe

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Release Date

6/3/1960

Runtime

96 mins

Genres

Drama Romance

Overview

A budding gangster enthralls a freeloading young woman, soon taking advantage of her knack for hitch-hiking to rob middle-class, middle-aged men.

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

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A raw, propulsive portrait of two young people adrift in post-war Japan, using predatory seduction and petty crime as their means of survival and rebellion. The film moves with the restless energy of its protagonists, capturing the moral descent that comes from desperation and disconnection.