Cruel Story of Youth

A scorching tale of toxic love in a toxic world, Nagisa Oshima’s second feature film marked the artistic breakthrough of one of the most radical voices in the history of Japanese cinema. 

Caught in the dog-eat-dog crucible of postwar Tokyo, teenage lovers Makoto (Miyuki Kuwano) and Kiyoshi (Yusuke Kawazu) turn to a life of crime, entrapping lecherous middle-aged men in order to extort money from them. But how long can these wayward youths outrun their fate?

Filmography: Taboo (1999), Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983), In the Realm of the Senses (1976), The Ceremony (1971).

This film is part of a double-feature ticket in the “From Mishima to Oshima” program.

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