Cruel Story of Youth

Synopsis

A rebellious Tokyo university student saves a high school girl from being assaulted by a middle-aged driver, drawing her into a cynical extortion racket where she hitches rides with wealthy older men whom he beats and robs, descending into criminal nihilism against the backdrop of massive student protests against the US-Japan security treaty. Nagisa Oshima's incendiary, widescreen color explosion that detonated the Japanese New Wave.