Crazy Fruit | |
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Japanese name | |
Kanji | 狂った果実 |
Directed by | Kichitaro Negishi |
Based on | Kurutta kajitsu by Shintaro Ishihara |
Starring |
Yūji Honma Yuki Ninagawa |
Cinematography | Minoru Yoneda |
Edited by | Akimasa Kawashima |
Production company | |
Release date |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Crazy Fruit aka Crazed Fruit (狂った果実, Kurutta kajitsu) is a 1981 Japanese film in Nikkatsu's Roman porno series, directed by Kichitaro Negishi. Both this film and the earlier (1956) version by Nikkatsu, Crazed Fruit, were based on a novel of the same name by Shintaro Ishihara. [1]
A working class young man, Tetsuo, who distrusts all rich people, falls in love with a girl, Chika, from an affluent family. He has a difficult time, but love survives despite the problems. [2]
The Weissers call the plot "a sadly contrived story" and award it two and a half stars out of four, but laud Yūji Honma's "intense performance" which made the film a major hit for the Nikkatsu studio. [2]
Crazy Fruit was released as a DVD by Uplink (アップリンク) on May 23, 2003. [3]
3rd Yokohama Film Festival [4]