Crazed Fruit
1956 · Movie · 86 min · ★ 6.9 · 95% critics
During a restless seaside summer, two brothers are drawn into rivalry over the same young woman while their privileged circle drifts through gambling, boating, drinking, and flirtation. What begins as sunlit pleasure gradually takes on a darker, more uneasy edge.
Based on Q134434713
Also known as Juvenile Jungle · Affair at Kamakura
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Details
- Original title
- 狂った果実
- Years
- 1956
- Release date
- 1956-07-12
- Language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 86 min
- Critic score
- 95/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.9/10 (48 votes)
About
You may like this if you want a tense, sun-soaked youth drama with the edge of Cruel Story of Youth; Not for you if troubled romance and bleak moods repel you.
Pros: youthful energy; moody seaside atmosphere; strong performances | Cons: bleak emotional tone; dated gender attitudes; hard-to-like characters
Themes
- beach
- based on novel or book
- love triangle
- holiday
- sibling rivalry
- older woman younger man relationship
- speedboat
- japanese new wave
Cast & crew
Yūjirō Ishihara
as Takishima Natsuhisa
Mie Kitahara
as Eri
Masahiko Tsugawa
as Takishima Haruji
Shinsuke Ashida
Shintarō Ishihara
Eiko Higashitani
as Michiko
Taizō Fukami
as Father
- HC
Harold Conway
as Eri's husband
Masumi Okada
as Frank
- YF
Yoshiko Fujishiro
as Mother
Directed by Kō Nakahira