Crazy Fruit

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]

Crazy Fruit
Japanese狂った果実
Directed byKichitaro Negishi
Based onKurutta kajitsu
by Shintaro Ishihara
StarringYūji Honma
Yuki Ninagawa
Production
company
Release date
April 24, 1981
Running time
85 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

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. 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. Archived from the original on 2012-08-05. 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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