| | | In Japan's postwar zeitgeist, a new, rebellious youth culture emerged alongside the nascent stirrings of a new cinema, one as obstreperous, audacious and bellicose as its young protagonists.
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| | | |  | | The Perfect Game (1958)
| | dir. Toshio Masuda | | | | A burglary by morally suspect college students goes, as one might expect, horribly awry. This tale of misspent youth is Japan's In Cold Blood. | | |
 | | | The Warped Ones (1960) | | dir. Koreyoshi Kurahara | | | | Japan's amswer to Breathless: a dynamic and frenetic plunge into a transgressive, hedonistic and impetuous group of nihilistic young criminals. | | |
|  | | | Cruel Story of Youth (1960) | | dir. Nagisa Ôshima | | | | A toxic tale of two damaged, dysfunctional young adults, their codependent romance and their ruthless schemes of seduction and blackmail. | | |
 | | | Crazed Fruit (1956) | | dir. Kô Nakahira | | | Alcoholic, waterskiing sex maniacs: the postwar youth are out of control! At least, that's what this seminal taiyozoku film would have you believe.
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 | | Everything Goes Wrong (1960)
| | dir. Seijun Suzuki | | | | A son's betrayal sets off a shocking chain of events set to an improvised jazz soundtrack with loose camerawork evoking the anger and chaos of youth. |
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