Crazed Fruit

“In the rip of a woman’s skirt and the buzz of a motorboat, sensitive people heard the heralding of a new generation of Japanese film.” These were the words that Nagisa OSHIMA used to voice his admiration for CRAZED FRUIT, Ko NAKAHIRA's film that brought about the dawn of the sun tribe genre. Adapted from a controversial novel by Shintaro ISHIHARA, the now ex-governor of Tokyo, the film depicts a lurid story of sex and angst among a generation of disillusioned youth. Francois Truffaut praised Japan's response to REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (1955) for breaking ground for cinema to come.