Cruel Story of Youth - 1960 - NTSC - [Nagisa Oshima] (JP)

Oshima attained instant notoriety with his second film, a riotously colorful story of two teenage lovers—symbols of Japan’s alienated youth—who, determined to transcend their middle-class upbringing, become entangled in a sordid criminal underworld. The film kick-started the Japanese New Wave and has been compared with both Breathless and Rebel without a Cause in the way it defined both a movement and a generation.Anamoprhic WidescreenJapanese Audio / English Subtitles