Crazed Fruit

• Friday, May 30, 8:30 p.m. Cinema in the German Film Museum
  (Tickets only available at the German Film Museum)
• Introduction by Julian Ross
• Kurutta kajitsu
  狂った果実
• Japan 1956, 35mm, 86 min, Japanese with English subtitles
  
• Director: Ko NAKAHIRA
• Novel & Script: Shintaro ISHIHARA
• Camera: Shigeyoshi MINE
• Music: Masaru SATO, Toru TAKEMITSU
• World Sales: Nikkatsu Corporation
• Actors: Yujiro ISHIHARA, Masahiko TSUGAWA, Mie KITAHARA, Masumi OKADA, Eiko HIGASHIYA

“In the rip of a woman’s skirt and the buzz of a motorboat, sensitive people heard the heralding of a new generation of Japanese film.” These were the words that Nagisa OSHIMA used to voice his admiration for CRAZED FRUIT, Ko NAKAHIRA's film that brought about the dawn of the sun tribe genre. Adapted from a controversial novel by Shintaro ISHIHARA, the now ex-governor of Tokyo, the film depicts a lurid story of sex and angst among a generation of disillusioned youth. Francois Truffaut praised Japan's response to REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (1955) for breaking ground for cinema to come.

Kindly supported by the Japan Foundation.