Nagisa Ôshima’s second film, Cruel Story of Youth from 1960, is wilfully difficult in its production. From the distinctive directorial style changes to the frustratingly unsympathetic leads, it is a film as rebellious as its central theme.
Makoto (Miyuki Kuwano) is a seemingly innocent high school girl who enters into a relationship with an older student, Kiyoshi (Yusuke Kawazu), after he rescues her from some unwanted male attention. Ignoring advice from all around them, and flitting in and out of love, the pair settle on a brief and ultimately unsuccessful career of extortion-based crime before their whirlwind romance fractures and fails.
Set in a Japan
from Horror and Sci Fi Magazines http://www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/dvd-and-blu-ray-home-entertainment-reviews/12872-cruelty-of-youth
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