Crazy Fruit

Crazy Fruit aka Crazed Fruit is a 1981 Japanese film in Nikkatsu's Pink film#Second [wave (The Nikkatsu Roman Porno era 1971–1982)|Roman porno] series, directed by Kichitaro Negishi. Both this film and the earlier version by Nikkatsu, Crazed Fruit, were based on a novel of the same name by Shintaro Ishihara.

Plot

A working class young man, Tetsuo, who distrusts all rich people, falls in love with a girl, Chika, from an affluent family. He has a difficult time, but love survives despite the problems.

Cast

Yūji Honma as Tetsuo
Yuki Ninagawa as Chika
Eiko Nagashima as Harue
Eiji Okada as Tono, Chika's step father
Nobutaka Masutomi as Osawa, Harue's husband
Kinuko Obata as Tetsuo's mother

Critical appraisal

The Weissers call the plot "a sadly contrived story" and award it two and a half stars out of four, but laud Yūji Honma's "intense performance" which made the film a major hit for the Nikkatsu studio.

Availability

Crazy Fruit was released as a DVD by Uplink on May 23, 2003.

Awards and nominations

3rd Yokohama Film Festival

Won: Best Director - Kichitaro Negishi