Crazy Fruit aka Crazed Fruit (狂った果実, Kurutta kajitsu) is a 1981 Japanese film in Nikkatsu's Roman porno series, directed by Kichitaro Negishi. Both this film and the earlier (1956) version by Nikkatsu, Crazed Fruit, were based on a novel of the same name by Shintaro Ishihara.
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Synopsis
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 (本間優二) as Tetsuo
Yuki Ninagawa as Chika
Eiko Nagashima as Harue
Eiji Okada as Tono, Chika's step father
Nobutaka Masutomi (益富信孝) as Osawa, Harue's husband
Kinuko Obata (小畠絹子) as Tetsuo's mother
Reception
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.
Home media
Crazy Fruit was released as a DVD by Uplink (アップリンク) on May 23, 2003.
Awards and nominations
3rd Yokohama Film Festival
Won: Best Director - Kichitaro Negishi