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]

Crazed Fruit
Directed byKō Nakahira
(as Yasushi Nakahira)
Written byShintaro Ishihara
Produced byTakiko Mizunoe
StarringMasahiko Tsugawa
Mie Kitahara
Yujiro Ishihara
CinematographyShigeyoshi Mine
Music byMasaru Sato
Tōru Takemitsu
Distributed byNikkatsu
Release date
  • July 12, 1956 (1956-07-12)[1]
Running time
86 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

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References

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  1. ^ Crazed Fruit (in Japanese) at the Japanese Movie Database
  2. ^ "狂った果実". kotobank. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  3. ^ Marc Mohan "Crazed Fruit: The Criterion Collection"
  4. ^ a b Deming, Mark. "Crazed Fruit (1956)". AllMovie. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
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