Cruel Story of Youth Blu-ray

Release Year: 1960

Runtime: 97 min

Director: Nagisa Ōshima

Cast: Yūsuke Kawazu, Miyuki Kuwano, Yoshiko Kuga, Fumio Watanabe, Shinji Tanaka

Studios: Shochiku

A harsh young man seduces a freeloading young woman and eventually takes advantage of her knack for hitchhiking to rob middle-class men.

Special Features:

4K digital restoration

with uncompressed monaural soundtrack

A Town of Love and Hope (1959)

director Nagisa Oshima’s first feature film

Tomorrow’s Sun (1959)

a short film by Oshima

Interview with film scholar Tony Rayns

Trailer

Plus:

An essay by critic Chris Fujiwara

Technical Specifications:

• 4K digital restoration
• Monaural
• In Japanese with English subtitles
• 2.39:1 aspect ratio