The Cruel Story of Youth

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The Cruel Story of Youth ★★★ Seishun Zanoku Monogatari; Naked Youth; A Story of the Cruelties of Youth 1960

A teenage girl and her criminal boyfriend use sex to get money out of rich, middle-aged men in this controversial look at the disillusionment of youth and the breaking of old values and traditions in Japan after WWII. In Japanese with English subtitles. 96m/C VHS . JP Yusuke Kawazu, Miyuki Kuwano, Yoshiko Kuga; D: Nagisa Oshima; W: Nagisa Oshima.

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