Does Cruel Story of Youth end with hope?

No. Less hopeful than 91% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Cruel Story of Youth sad?

Yes. More sad than 88% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Cruel Story of Youth easy watching?

Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Cruel Story of Youth violent?

Somewhat. More violent than 68% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Cruel Story of Youth scary?

Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Cruel Story of Youth

Name: Cruel Story of Youth
Genre: Romance, Drama, Crime
Released: 1960
Duration: 97 min
Rating: 6.6
Cast: Yūsuke Kawazu, Miyuki Kuwano, Yoshiko Kuga, Fumio Watanabe, Shinji Tanaka

Directed by Nagisa Ōshima

Produced by Shochiku

196097 min6.6 / 10

A morally corrosive portrait of two drifters in post-war Japan whose toxic romance becomes a vehicle for petty crime and social transgression.

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

Clusters

Romantic Psychological Thrillers Toxic Romantic Relationships Doomed Romantic Obsession Trapped by Fate, Undone by History East Asian History & Culture

Genres

Romance Drama Crime

Keywords

Society Yakuza Drifter Motorcycle Juvenile Delinquent Post War Japan Abortion Japanese New Wave

Questions people ask

Does Cruel Story of Youth end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 91% of films.
Is Cruel Story of Youth sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.
Is Cruel Story of Youth easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.
Is Cruel Story of Youth violent? Somewhat. More violent than 68% of films.
Is Cruel Story of Youth scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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