Crazy fruit (1956)

*Not to be confused with Crazy fruit (1981).*

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Crazy Fruit (also known as Crazed Fruit) is a 1956 nikkatsu romace film,Directed by Nakahira Yasushi.

## Plot

Natsuhisa Takishima's younger brother, Haruji, was an innocent “boy” with limbs that were similar to his brother's. Haruji did not know a woman at all, compared to Natsuhisa, who is a good woman-hunter, but one day, she scrambled and stood at the eyes of her daughter who passed each other at Zushi Station. That evening, my brother decided to have a party with friends at a friend's summer house in Hirasawa. When they all decided to accompany an unknown woman, Haruji recalled the appearance of her daughter again. Haruji, who teamed up with Natsuhisa in the water ski race the next day, unexpectedly met her daughter Eri Amakusa, who was unexpectedly swimming on her back, and sent her to the Isshiki beach. Eventually, on the day of the party, Haruji appeared with Eri wearing a stylish cocktail dress, and surprised Natsuhatsu. After leaving the party, the two drove to a cove in a car, and Haruji received the first kiss at birth to Eri and hugged her body tightly. One week later, Natsuhisa saw Eri dancing with a foreigner at a nightclub in Yokohama. He will negotiate with her on the condition that he will remain silent next spring. While Eri loves Haruji's pureness, she was also attracted to Natsuhisa's tough body. Eventually, however, the balance of affection for her brother, which was in the heart of Eri, was broken, and she forced Natsuhisa to await the meeting with Haruji. Haruji, who was hit by Eras and Natsuhisa from Hirasawa, followed the two on a motorboat, as if possessed. On the sea in the early morning, Haruji was expressionless looking at them while riding around the yacht where Natsuhisa and Eri rode. Natsuhisa became unbearable and suddenly yelled, "Stop, Eri is yours," and thrust her at her younger brother. At that moment, Haruji's motorboat, which had its bow turned around, tore up Eri's back, knocked Natsuh into the sea, and jumped over the yacht. The motorboat sprinted across the ocean under the summer sun, leaving the two bloody yachts in the white sail.

## Cast

* Eri Amakusa: Saegusa Kitahara
* Natsuhisa Takishima: Yujiro Ishihara
* Haruki Takishima: Masahiko Tsugawa
* Michiko: Akiko Azumaya
* Mother: Ayuko Fujishiro
* Father: Taizo Fukami
* Frank Hirasawa: Masumi Okada
* Aida: Akiyoshi Kiura
* Tezuka: Kimio Shimazaki
* Island: Yoshihisa Kamo
* Eri's husband: Harold Conway
* Boat Master: Hiroshi Kondo
* Fisherman: Zenji Yamada
* Aunt in Kamakura's House: Yoko Kozawa
* Woman in a rental house in Kamakura: Yoko Takeuchi
* Eri's fellow woman: Noriko Watari
* Woman talking A: Keiko Hara
* Standing B: Keiko Ushio
* Fisherman: Sanpei Mine
* Coast student: Hiroyuki Nagato (special appearance)
* Coast student: Shintaro Ishihara (special appearance)
* Eri's fellow female husband: Pierre Mont

## Staff

* Screenplay: Shintaro Ishihara
* Director: Yasushi Nakahira
* Produced by: Mizutaki Etaki
* Music: Masaru Sato , Tohru Takemitsu
* Chief Assistant Director: Kurahara Repair
* Still: Koichi Saito

## Titles

* Crazy fruit (Original Japanese title)
* Crazed Fruit (Worldwide release title)

## History

in 1956 , Nikkatsu movie and released (by the sun group was made into a movie). When Shintaro Ishihara started writing the original novel of the same name, there was a story from Nikkatsu that he wanted to make it into a movie, and Shintaro consented to the condition that his younger brother, Yujiro , starred. Shintaro himself is also in charge of the script.

Initially, the Nikkatsu side appointed Yujiro as his younger brother Haruji, and tried to appointed Mikuni Rentaro as his older brother Natsuhisa, but Mikuni for the reason that his role does not suit his age  Because she declined, Shintaro remembers a boy he happened to see at a wedding. That was Masahiko Tsugawa , and in the end it was decided to appear in the role of Haruji after being strongly recommended by Shintaro, who said, "If he is not good," Yujiro turned to the role of Natsuhisa. By the way, when the stage name of Tsugawa appeared in this work, Shintaro named it from the main character "Tatsuya Tsugawa" of his novel " The Season of the Sun " (Details are written in Shintaro's novel "Brother").

It is a substantial debut work of Yujiro Ishihara. This work was also the first co-star with Mieko Ishihara (= Makiko Ishihara ) who later married .

It is the first movie for which contemporary music composer Toru Takemitsu was in charge of film music.