| Crazed Fruit | |
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| Directed by | Kō Nakahira (as Yasushi Nakahira) |
| Written by | Shintaro Ishihara |
| Produced by | Takiko Mizunoe |
| Starring | Masahiko Tsugawa Mie Kitahara Yujiro Ishihara |
| Cinematography | Shigeyoshi Mine |
| Music by | Masaru Sato Tōru Takemitsu |
| Distributed by | Nikkatsu |
Release date |
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Running time | 86 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
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.[2] It is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Shintaro Ishihara, the older brother of cast member Yujiro Ishihara,[3] 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.[4] It later was known as a foundational work of the Sun Tribe genre.[4]
Cast[edit]
- Masahiko Tsugawa – Haruji
- Yujiro Ishihara – Natsuhisa
- Mie Kitahara – Eri
- Harold Conway – Eri's husband
- Masumi Okada – Frank
- Shintaro Ishihara – Ishihara
References[edit]
- ^ Crazed Fruit (in Japanese) at the Japanese Movie Database
- ^ "狂った果実". kotobank. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ Marc Mohan "Crazed Fruit: The Criterion Collection"
- ^ a b Deming, Mark. "Crazed Fruit (1956)". AllMovie. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
External links[edit]
- Crazed Fruit at 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
