Cruel Story of Youth(dir. Nagisa Oshima)
First film I've seen by him and it's been one of those "holy grail" movies for me due to it's rarity. It isn't all that great. It reminds me of All About Lily Chou-Chou, but worse. It goes on for too long and the end is just abrupt and contrived. The character's aren't exactly nice either, but if the film didn't punish them in the end, it would have been more thought-provoking. I guess it came out in 1960 so I shouldn't expect it to go all the way with it's presentation of moral degradation that love can cause. It was good.
*** out of ****
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