| | 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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| | | ![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_s5JGljKly8RJ2QJyv18AZ3VzpMYQJ8rdtz4qEdDcgPIXWUUw5THu8T7mi2UH9zYTrxrieARaExXod5zBoCm91M0MnCqVRJXroReJ8uAvFhzq7jWY-gd20r3X7_n8BlCpVpI2Y8yDcNnpIbZa4SWW_TzWY-Js-fwXSowvdLDcFDXu5cYGRz4c6DBQ=s0-d) | | 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. | |
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_tD6cfzcM1hSp0H06_bfjI8UxWW6FwG_h6XbKuWebDDniLwrR3T4iqdE33G4GLxlmilsSlurzlI781xPwXlJSCubbtyX_nRiVsiJ7-iKW8bHS-slUWDu0T9dl87i9DF4J8WFh6tiCsIJJYg_sNezv-XhiF-Ro5-G2c0C4MENvKXgOF7Tr2y-TN5=s0-d) | | 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. | |
| ![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_uODvGCNtJS26LJkny7FG1Tslrw0xl3wkFXKoOQYnTPk2m3X_CxJ4BrYejTIvgOHeLw64AM0PXtxwWFrgRvPwBVs3vpK03ex0wZYMPR0XxyOb9SbU143MojC6o48xsg0cjocA50dl4RuLFLYc2BGV1YD9d3l2ITqnaJt8LqBySvPWowF6CyR8IwGEDnng=s0-d) | | 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. | |
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_ug05bDSw3rHPJLUCjbu_FYmofyTyVIcExlWSv0qz5O5qODY4l6iGCQ10h6xE-ZcaKAoIDP-Bbn6hk4-5X_qg0-ssinyX0bT7zYfoX--KeZ_HIqb6mfx_LIEcCaOJsNT-h2E0mXxFf1QOQXbFPFJkAGZcOeEv-DUouYdzs9qcoo_U5HIsfP=s0-d) | | 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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![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_tOnm_vjwAbDa8f8LgrrdJDCJAo53ke7x6MeXM2i9vNqmQzxrY4LlT5Es-pg-m8QVv8s_V1QQHGtq1VPxGGbE_jomJGVlXHIUejfAmP_eiiUjxISreu3fpgx6ZMyTdm6VjkjooEeDkM0VILbvCifiVx9648Vay-Gap5VXcmo6A9j8INwYTYx1SozkrFk8s=s0-d) | | 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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