Cruel Story of Youth

Jun 3, 1960

1h 36m

★ 6.6

Overview

A budding gangster enthralls a freeloading young woman, soon taking advantage of her knack for hitch-hiking to rob middle-class, middle-aged men.

Genres

Romance

Drama

Crime

Production Companies

Shochiku

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Cast

Kiyoshi

Yūsuke Kawazu

Makoto

Miyuki Kuwano

Yuki

Yoshiko Kuga

Akimoto

Fumio Watanabe

Yoshimi Ito

Shinji Tanaka

Yosuke Hayashi

Teruko

Toshiko Kobayashi

Masahiro

Jun Hamamura

Toshiko Nishioka

Yuki Tominaga

Akira Matsuko

Kei Satō

Inspector

Asao Sano

Keizo Horio

Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi

Homer is an orphan who was never adopted, becoming the favorite of orphanage director Dr. Larch. Dr. Larch imparts his full medical knowledge on Homer, who becomes a skilled, albeit unlicensed, physician. But Homer yearns for a self-chosen life outside the orphanage. What will Homer learn about life and love in the cider house? What of the destiny that Dr. Larch has planned for him?

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