# Der Junge (1969)

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**Original title**: *少年*
**Runtime**: 98 min
**Genres**: Crime, Drama
**Directed by**: Nagisa Ōshima
**Written by**: Tsutomu Tamura
**Starring**: Fumio Watanabe, Akiko Koyama, Tetsuo Abe, Takeshi Kinoshota, Yun Yun-Do, LoLo Cannon

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

You live with your family on the streets, scamming drivers for money, but tensions rise as the cons become more desperate, they are observed by outsiders. Ōshima directs with social commentary.

**Mood tags**: foreign-gem, dread, outsider, raw

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