Oshima's second feature is a shocking tale of youthful delinquency in post Hiroshima japan. Conveying the pent up sexuality and disillusionment among Japan's post war generation it tells the story of teenage lovers Makato and Kiyoshi. She's a good girl gone bad dropping out of school and out of home; he's a violent hoodlum gambler and hustler. Making a living by performing shakedowns and attempting blackmail on unsuspecting middle aged men the film affords a bleak nihilistic take to the 'taiyo-zako' (Japanese cinema's 'delinquent youth' films). Often billed as Japan's... Rebel Without A Cause but whereas Jame Dean's Jim Stark had the proverbial heart of gold Kawazu's Kiyoshi is filled only with rage and disgust. All of life's harsh realities await Makoto and Kiyoshi - this is no morality lesson or cautionary tale just a window into a terrible vision of humanity. [show more]
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Nagisa Oshima writes and directs this Japanese drama that deals with the alienation of the country's youth post-Hiroshima. After high school student Makoto (Miyuki Kuwano) is saved from the lecherous advances of a middle-aged man she begins a relationship with her saviour Kiyoshi (Yusuke Kawazu), a violent hoodlum, who introduces her to a life of extortion and blackmail. Without any money, the reckless young lovers begin the dangerous but lucrative business of extorting money from the men that Makoto seduces in Tokyo.
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