Review of Cruel Story of Youth (1960) by Private U — 22 Jan 2008

In a way its your conventional youth-is-doomed movie, with the driftless young couple getting their just desserts in the end, but it's really a reflection on society and so on and so forth--but on the other hand it has a unique feel to it, not only because Oshima does a great job in telling the story, but because it doesn't really hold any punches.

You can feel for the couple but still roll your eyes at how stupid they're being--in similar but lesser movies you spend a lot of time just doing the latter.