Summary Masumura's 40th film, for which he collaborated on the script, shows plot irrationality perhaps due to the newspaper serial original, perhaps to the adolescent behavior he portrays. The extremes of self-sacrifice in some of the characters such as Hisayo and Sugiura contrast too sharply with the animal brutality of Sasabayashi and Namie, and the result is more caricature than realism. The harsh selfishness of Ichiro¯ and the abrupt techniques used to present his interior thoughts (double exposure of a naked Yuri as he undresses her with his eyes) prevent him in the end from winning audience sympathy. Part of a late sixties trend toward adolescent sexuality subject matter. View more details
Directed : Yasuzô Masumura
Written : Yasuzô Masumura Ichirô Ikeda Ayako Miura
Stars : Kayo Matsuo Ken Ogata Ayako Wakao Eiko Azusa
Genres : Drama
Release date : Oct 29, 1968
Countries of origin : Japan
Language : Japanese
Production companies : Daiei Studios
Summary Masumura's 40th film, for which he collaborated on the script, shows plot irrationality perhaps due to the newspaper serial original, perhaps to the adolescent behavior he portrays. The extremes of self-sacrifice in some of the characters such as Hisayo and Sugiura contrast too sharply with the animal brutality of Sasabayashi and Namie, and the result is more caricature than realism. The harsh selfishness of Ichiro¯ and the abrupt techniques used to present his interior thoughts (double exposure of a naked Yuri as he undresses her with his eyes) prevent him in the end from winning audience sympathy. Part of a late sixties trend toward adolescent sexuality subject matter. View more details
Genres : Drama
Release date : Oct 29, 1968
Countries of origin : Japan
Language : Japanese
Production companies : Daiei Studios
