Cruel Story of Youth

Oshima's early film seeks to shock, and mostly succeeds. A young couple drifts into petty crime and nihilism in 1950s Japan. It got people talking, at least.

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Nagisa Ōshima directed Cruel Story of Youth in 1960. See Nagisa Ōshima's full filmography, where to start with Nagisa Ōshima, or where to go after you've seen everything by Nagisa Ōshima.

Cruel Story of Youth was released in 1960 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 97 minutes.