Crazed Fruit

Crazed Fruit (狂った果実, Kurutta kajitsu), also known as Juvenile Jungle, is a 1956 Japanese Sun Tribe film directed by Kō Nakahira.^[2] It is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Shintaro Ishihara, the older brother of cast member Yujiro Ishihara,^[3] and is about two brothers who fall in love with the same woman and the resulting conflict. The film was controversial upon release because of its depiction of Japanese youth.^[4] It later was known as a foundational work of the Sun Tribe genre.^[4]

Crazed Fruit
Directed by	Kō Nakahira (as Yasushi Nakahira)
Written by	Shintaro Ishihara
Produced by	Takiko Mizunoe
Starring	Masahiko Tsugawa Mie Kitahara Yujiro Ishihara
Cinematography	Shigeyoshi Mine
Music by	Masaru Sato Tōru Takemitsu
Distributed by	Nikkatsu
Release date	July 12, 1956 (1956-07-12)[1]
Running time	86 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Cast

• Masahiko Tsugawa – Haruji
• Yujiro Ishihara – Natsuhisa
• Mie Kitahara – Eri
• Harold Conway – Eri's husband
• Masumi Okada – Frank
• Shintaro Ishihara – Ishihara