Crazed Fruit

 ( 1956 Films ) 

Kurutta kajitsu, also known as Juvenile Jungle, is a 1956 Japanese Sun Tribe film directed by Kō Nakahira. It is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Shintaro Ishihara, the older brother of cast member Yujiro Ishihara,Marc Mohan "Crazed Fruit: The Criterion Collection" and is about two brothers who fall in love with the same woman and the resulting conflict. The film was controversial upon release because of its depiction of Japanese youth. It later was known as a foundational work of the Sun Tribe genre.

• Masahiko Tsugawa – Haruji
• Yujiro Ishihara – Natsuhisa
• Mie Kitahara – Eri
• Harold Conway – Eri's husband
• Masumi Okada – Frank
• Shintaro Ishihara – Ishihara

• Nathaniel Thompson (2025). 190325440X, FAB Press. 190325440X
• Heat Stroke: Crazed Fruit and Japanese Cinema’s Season in the Sun an essay by Chuck Stephens at the Criterion Collection
• Crazed Fruit: Imagining a New Japan—The Taiyozoku Films an essay by Michael Raine at the Criterion Collection