Crazy Fruit

Crazy Fruit
Japanese 狂った果実
Directed by Kichitaro Negishi
Based on Kurutta kajitsu
by Shintaro Ishihara
Starring Yūji Honma
Yuki Ninagawa
Production
company
Release date
 April 24, 1981
Running time
 85 minutes
Country Japan
Language Japanese

Crazy Fruit aka Crazed Fruit (狂った果実, Kurutta kajitsu) is a 1981 Japanese film in Nikkatsu's Roman porno series, directed by Kichitaro Negishi. Both this film and the earlier (1956) version by Nikkatsu, Crazed Fruit, were based on a novel of the same name by Shintaro Ishihara.[1]

Synopsis

A working class young man, Tetsuo, who distrusts all rich people, falls in love with a girl, Chika, from an affluent family. He has a difficult time, but love survives despite the problems.[2]

Cast

  • Yūji Honma (本間優二) as Tetsuo
  • Yuki Ninagawa as Chika
  • Eiko Nagashima as Harue
  • Eiji Okada as Tono, Chika's step father
  • Nobutaka Masutomi (益富信孝) as Osawa, Harue's husband
  • Kinuko Obata (小畠絹子) as Tetsuo's mother

Critical appraisal

The Weissers call the plot "a sadly contrived story" and award it two and a half stars out of four, but laud Yūji Honma's "intense performance" which made the film a major hit for the Nikkatsu studio.[2]

Availability

Crazy Fruit was released as a DVD by Uplink (アップリンク) on May 23, 2003.[3]

Awards and nominations

3rd Yokohama Film Festival[4]

References

  1. ↑ Sharp, Jasper (2008). Behind the Pink Curtain: The Complete History of Japanese Sex Cinema. Guildford: FAB Press. p. 128. ISBN 978-1-903254-54-7.
  2. 1 2 Weisser, Thomas; Yuko Mihara Weisser (1998). Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films. Miami: Vital Books : Asian Cult Cinema Publications. p. 93. ISBN 1-889288-52-7.
  3. ↑ アップリンクよりＤＶＤリリース (in Japanese). P.G. Web Site. Retrieved 2011-10-27.
  4. ↑ 第３回ヨコハマ映画祭 １９８１年日本映画個人賞 (in Japanese). Yokohama Film Festival. Retrieved 2010-01-10.


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