Crazed Fruit

Crazed Fruit
Directed by	Kō Nakahira (as Yasushi Nakahira)
Written by	Shintaro Ishihara
Produced by	Takiko Mizunoe
Starring	Masahiko Tsugawa Mie Kitahara Yujiro Ishihara
Cinematography
Music by	Masaru Sato Tōru Takemitsu
Distributed by	Nikkatsu
Release date	July 12, 1956 (1956-07-12)[1]
Running time	86 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Crazed Fruit (狂った果実, Kurutta kajitsu), also known as Juvenile Jungle, is a 1956 Japanese Sun Tribe film directed by K�� Nakahira.^[2] It is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Shintaro Ishihara, the older brother of cast member Yujiro Ishihara,^[3] and is about two brothers who fall in love with the same woman and the resulting conflict. The film was controversial upon release because of its depiction of Japanese youth.^[4] It would later be known as a foundational work of the Sun Tribe genre.^[4]

Cast[]

• Masahiko Tsugawa – Haruji
• Yujiro Ishihara – Natsuhisa
• Mie Kitahara – Eri
• – Eri's husband
• Masumi Okada – Frank
• Shintaro Ishihara – Ishihara

References[]

External links[]

• Crazed Fruit at IMDb
• Crazed Fruit at AllMovie
• Thompson, Nathaniel (2006). DVD Delirium: The International Guide to Weird and Wonderful Films on DVD; Volume 3. Godalming, England: FAB Press. pp. 119–120. ISBN 1-903254-40-X.
• Heat Stroke: Crazed Fruit and Japanese Cinema’s Season in the Sun an essay by Chuck Stephens at the Criterion Collection
• Crazed Fruit: Imagining a New Japan—The Taiyozoku Films an essay by Michael Raine at the Criterion Collection

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