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Cruel Story Of Youth (Seishun Zankoku Monogatari, 1960), was the second film directed by Nagisa Oshima. Oshima, who was only 28 at the time, made extensive use of hand-held cameras and location shooting, and the results drew comparisons to other so-called "New Wave" filmmakers emerging simultaneously in the world. The use of adolescent criminals as protagonists generated controversy at the time, though the film was also a commercial success, which helped to pave the way for the emergence of a Japanese new-wave, as other young aspiring filmmakers (Shohei Imamura, Masahiro Shinoda, Hiroshi Teshigahara) were quickly given opportunities to direct feature films.

Cruel Story Of Youth was the first of three films Oshima completed in 1960; it was followed by The Sun's Burial and Night And Fog In Japan.

Sources:

Donald Ritchie. 100 Years Of Japanese Cinema, 2003, Kodansha.

Joan Mellen. The Waves At Genji's Door: Japan Through It's Cinema, 1975, Pantheon.

Tadao Sato. Currents In Japanese Cinema, 1982, Kodansha.

Category: Japanese films

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