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Cruel Story of Youth

Cruel Story of Youth

1960•1h 37m•6.6/10
RomanceDramaCrime

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6.6/10(69)

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

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Production

Shochiku

Language

JA

Status

Released

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Cast

Yūsuke Kawazu

Yūsuke Kawazu

Kiyoshi

Miyuki Kuwano

Miyuki Kuwano

Makoto

Yoshiko Kuga

Yoshiko Kuga

Yuki

Fumio Watanabe

Fumio Watanabe

Akimoto

Shinji Tanaka

Yoshimi Ito

Yosuke Hayashi

Toshiko Kobayashi

Toshiko Kobayashi

Teruko

Jun Hamamura

Jun Hamamura

Masahiro

Yuki Tominaga

Toshiko Nishioka

Kei Satō

Kei Satō

Akira Matsuko

Asao Sano

Asao Sano

Inspector

Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi

Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi

Keizo Horio

Shinko Ujiie

Shinjiro Matsuzaki

Keiko Hori

Shunji Kasuga

Kyū Sazanka

Kyū Sazanka

Shin Morikawa

Shin Morikawa

Hideo Kidokoro

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