Episode 140 – Kô Nakahira’s Crazed Fruit

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This time on the podcast, Ryan is joined by James McCormick, Sean Hutchinson and David Blakeslee to discuss the 1956 film from Kô Nakahira, Crazed Fruit (Kurutta kajitsu)

About the film:

Two brothers compete for the amorous favors of a young woman during a seaside summer of gambling, boating, and drinking, in this seminal Sun Tribe (taiyozoku) film from director Kô Nakahira. Adapted from the controversial novel by Shintarô Ishihara, and critically savaged for its lurid portrayal of the postwar sexual revolution among Japan’s young and privileged, Crazed Fruit is an anarchic outcry against tradition and the older generation.

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Episode Links

• Crazed Fruit (1956) – The Criterion Collection
• Crazed Fruit: Imagining a New Japan— The Taiyozoku Films – From the Current – The Criterion Collection
• Heat Stroke: Crazed Fruit and Japanese Cinema’s Season in the Sun – From the Current – The Criterion Collection
• Amazon.com: Crazed Fruit (The Criterion Collection)
• Crazed Fruit
• Crazed Fruit – Movie info: cast, reviews, trailer on mubi.com
• Criterion Reflections: Crazed Fruit (1956) – #295
• DVDBeaver: Crazed Fruit
• A Forgotten Landmark Chronicles the Empire of the ‘Sun Tribe’ – Page 1 – Screens – New York – Village Voice
• Kurutta Kajitsu (Crazed Fruit) – Rotten Tomatoes
• Crazed Fruit (1956) – IMDb
• Crazed Fruit – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• Primolandia Productions – For Criterion Consideration: Yuka On Mondays
• Masters of Cinema Cast

Episode Credits

• Ryan Gallagher (Twitter / Website)
• James McCormick (Twitter / cineAWESOME)
• David Blakeslee (Twitter / Criterion Reflections)
• Sean Hutchinson (Twitter / Latino Review / Best Movie Ever)

Next time on the podcast: On The Waterfront

Music for the show is from Bobby Roberts’ Geek Remixed project.