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JAPAN · 1960

Cruel Story of Youth

Nagisa Oshima
Japanese Golden Age society drifter abortion motorcycle juvenile delinquent
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Synopsis

A harsh young man seduces a freeloading young woman and eventually takes advantage of her knack for hitchhiking to rob middle-class men.

Year1960
CountryJapan
DirectorNagisa Oshima
MovementJapanese Golden Age
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