Crazy Fruit

Crazy Fruit
Kanji 狂った果実
Directed by Kichitaro Negishi
Starring Yūji Honma
Yuki Ninagawa
Studio Nikkatsu
Release date(s) April 24, 1981
Running time 85 minutes
Country Japan
Language Japanese

Crazy Fruit aka Crazed Fruit (狂った果実 Kurutta kajitsu?) is a 1981 Japanese film in Nikkatsu's Roman porno series, directed by Kichitaro Negishi. Both this film and the earlier (1956) version by Nikkatsu, Crazed Fruit, were based on the novel by Shintarō Ishihara.[1]

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Synopsis

A working class young man, Tetsuo, who distrusts all rich people, falls in love with a girl, Chika, from an affluent family. He has a difficult time, but love survives despite the problems.[2]

Cast

Critical appraisal

The Weissers call the plot "a sadly contrived story" and award it two and a half stars out of four, but laud Yūji Honma's "intense performance" which made the film a major hit for the Nikkatsu studio.[2]

Availability

Crazy Fruit was released as a DVD by Uplink (アップリンク) on May 23, 2003.[3]

Awards and nominations

3rd Yokohama Film Festival[4]

References

  1. ^ Sharp, Jasper (2008). Behind the Pink Curtain: The Complete History of Japanese Sex Cinema. Guildford: FAB Press. p. 128. ISBN 978-1-903254-54-7. 
  2. ^ a b Weisser, Thomas; Yuko Mihara Weisser (1998). Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films. Miami: Vital Books : Asian Cult Cinema Publications. p. 93. ISBN 1-889288-52-7. 
  3. ^ "アップリンクよりＤＶＤリリース" (in Japanese). P.G. Web Site. http://www2u.biglobe.ne.jp/~p-g/dvd/romanporno/romanporno.htm. Retrieved 2011-10-27. 
  4. ^ "第３回ヨコハマ映画祭 １９８１年日本映画個人賞" (in Japanese). Yokohama Film Festival. http://homepage3.nifty.com/yokohama-eigasai/03-1981/03_1981_shou.html. Retrieved 2010-01-10. 

External links

Films directed by Kichitaro Negishi