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Cruel Story of Youth

6.619601h 37mMovieRomanceDramaCrime

A harsh young man seduces a freeloading young woman and eventually takes advantage of her knack for hitchhiking to rob middle-class men.

DirectorNagisa Ōshima
WriterNagisa Ōshima
ProducerTomio Ikeda

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Cast · Directed by Nagisa Ōshima

YKYūsuke Kawazu
Yūsuke Kawazu
Kiyoshi
MKMiyuki Kuwano
Miyuki Kuwano
Makoto
YKYoshiko Kuga
Yoshiko Kuga
Yuki
FWFumio Watanabe
Fumio Watanabe
Akimoto
ST
Shinji Tanaka
Yoshimi Ito
YH
Yosuke Hayashi
TKToshiko Kobayashi
Toshiko Kobayashi
Teruko
JHJun Hamamura
Jun Hamamura
Masahiro
YT
Yuki Tominaga
Toshiko Nishioka
KSKei Satō
Kei Satō
Akira Matsuko
ASAsao Sano
Asao Sano
Inspector
HNHiroshi Nihon'yanagi
Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi
Keizo Horio

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