Synopsis
A harsh young man seduces a freeloading young woman and eventually takes advantage of her knack for hitchhiking to rob middle-class men.
Movie Information
- Director
- Nagisa Ōshima
- Writers
- Nagisa Ōshima
- Release Year
- 1960
- Runtime
- 97 minutes
- Genre
- Romance, Drama, Crime
- Language
- JA
- Country
- Japan
- Status
- Released
- Rating
- 6.6 / 10 (73 votes)
Top Cast
Yūsuke Kawazu
Kiyoshi
Miyuki Kuwano
Makoto
Yoshiko Kuga
Yuki
Fumio Watanabe
Akimoto
Shinji Tanaka
Yoshimi Ito
Yosuke Hayashi
Toshiko Kobayashi
Teruko
Jun Hamamura
Masahiro
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