Crazed Fruit
Crazed Fruit (狂った果実, Kurutta kajitsu), also known as Juvenile Jungle, is a 1956 Japanese Sun Tribe film directed by Kō Nakahira. It is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Shintaro Ishihara, the older brother of cast member Yujiro Ishihara,[2] and is about two brothers who fall in love with the same woman and the resulting conflict. The film was controversial upon release because of its depiction of Japanese youth.[3] It would later be known for helping start the Sun Tribe genre.[3]
| Crazed Fruit | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Kō Nakahira (as Yasushi Nakahira) |
| Produced by | Takiko Mizunoe |
| Written by | Shintaro Ishihara |
| Starring | Masahiko Tsugawa Mie Kitahara Yujiro Ishihara |
| Music by | Masaru Sato Tōru Takemitsu |
| Cinematography | Shigeyoshi Mine |
| Distributed by | Nikkatsu |
Release date |
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Running time | 86 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Cast
- Masahiko Tsugawa – Haruji
- Yujiro Ishihara – Natsuhisa
- Mie Kitahara – Eri
- Harold Conway – Eri's husband
- Masumi Okada – Frank
- Shintaro Ishihara – Ishihara
References
- Crazed Fruit (in Japanese) at the Japanese Movie Database
- Marc Mohan "Crazed Fruit: The Criterion Collection"
- Deming, Mark. "Crazed Fruit (1956)". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
External links
- Crazed Fruit on IMDb
- Crazed Fruit at AllMovie
- Thompson, Nathaniel (2006). DVD Delirium: The International Guide to Weird and Wonderful Films on DVD; Volume 3. Godalming, England: FAB Press. pp. 119–120. ISBN 1-903254-40-X.
- Heat Stroke: Crazed Fruit and Japanese Cinema’s Season in the Sun an essay by Chuck Stephens at the Criterion Collection
- Crazed Fruit: Imagining a New Japan—The Taiyozoku Films an essay by Michael Raine at the Criterion Collection
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