Cruel Story of Youth


Cruel Story of Youth , Seishun Zankoku Monogatari? is a 1960 Japanese film directed by Nagisa Oshima, starring Yusuke Kawazu and Miyuki Kuwano as teenage delinquents and lovers. It is Oshimas second feature film and is known for its elements of French nouvelle vague.

When Makoto finds out that she is pregnant, Kiyoshi tells her to get an abortion, but when he tries to get her to exploit a driver again, she refuses. Horio picks her up, and when she calls Kiyoshi to ask whether she can stay the night, the line is busy. Kiyoshi asks an older lover he is seeing for a loan and when he gives the money to Makoto, she tells him she slept with Horio. In response he finds Horio and takes money from him, telling him that he was just another target of Makotos. After the abortion, performed illegally at the clinic of Yukis former lover Akimoto, the couple is arrested for extortion. After they confess, and with the help of Kiyoshis older lover, the two are released and Akimoto is arrested.Kiyoshi breaks up with Makoto so they wont hurt each other anymore. The gangsters find Kiyoshi because the motorbike he borrowed from them for the extortions was stolen, resulting in two of them being arrested. They ask him to give them Makoto, but Kiyoshi refuses and is killed. At the same time Makoto is given a ride by a passerby, and when he refuses to let her out, she jumps out of the car to her death. ........

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