- HD 1080
- Runtime: 96m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: ja
- Country: Japan
- Director: Nagisa Ōshima
- Stars: Yūsuke Kawazu, Miyuki Kuwano, Yoshiko Kuga, Fumio Watanabe, Shinji Tanaka
- keywords: society, yakuza, drifter, motorcycle, juvenile delinquent, post war japan, abortion, japanese new wave
- Production_studio: Shochiku
- providers: Criterion Channel
- The Cruel Story of Youth is featured in the top rankings of 1960
- #11 in Top Romance Movies of 1960
- #54 in Top Drama Movies of 1960
A budding gangster enthralls a freeloading young woman, soon taking advantage of her knack for hitch-hiking to rob middle-class, middle-aged men.
