Where to Watch Cruel Story of Youth (1960) in the UK

What it's about

Kiyoshi is a brooding young man who treats women solely as objects. Makoto is a young woman who is just reaching her sexual awakening. She and her friends accept car rides from middle-aged men, saying it's nothing more than fun and they have no intention of leading on those men. Kiyoshi and Makoto meet when he saves her from one of those middle-aged men trying to take advantage of her. Despite abusing each other, they start a relationship which leads to what they call love, but feels more like an emotional dependence on each other to rebel against traditional society. Neither has money, so they start to extort money from these middle-aged men of hers. This is only one demonstration of the only power they feel they have: sex, which they use against others as well as each other in their doomed relationship.

Cast and crew

Director

Nagisa Ôshima

Writer

Nagisa Ôshima

Starring

Miyuki Kuwano, Yûsuke Kawazu, Yoshiko Kuga

Details

Release date

Jul 9, 1961

Language

Japanese

Country

Japan

Awards

1 win

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