Cruel Story of Youth
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Cruel Story of Youth is a landmark 1960 Japanese New Wave film directed by Nagisa Ōshima that portrays rebellious postwar youth through a raw, socially critical love story.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Cruel Story of Youth canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Cruel Story of Youth Context triple: [Japanese New Wave, notableFilm, Cruel Story of Youth]
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A.
Youth Without Youth
Youth Without Youth is a 2007 philosophical fantasy drama film written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola, adapted from Mircea Eliade’s novella about an elderly linguistics professor who becomes mysteriously rejuvenated after being struck by lightning.
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B.
Flaming Youth
Flaming Youth was a short-lived 1960s British rock band best known for featuring future Genesis drummer and vocalist Phil Collins.
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C.
The Young Don’t Cry
The Young Don’t Cry is a 1957 American drama film set in a Southern reform school, notable for starring Sal Mineo as a compassionate inmate who befriends an escaped convict.
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D.
This Is Our Youth
This Is Our Youth is a critically acclaimed stage play by Kenneth Lonergan that portrays the aimlessness and moral drift of affluent New York City teenagers in the early 1980s.
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E.
Wasted Youth
Wasted Youth is a punk rock band known for its aggressive sound and influence on the early hardcore punk scene.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cruel Story of Youth Target entity description: Cruel Story of Youth is a landmark 1960 Japanese New Wave film directed by Nagisa Ōshima that portrays rebellious postwar youth through a raw, socially critical love story.
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A.
Youth Without Youth
Youth Without Youth is a 2007 philosophical fantasy drama film written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola, adapted from Mircea Eliade’s novella about an elderly linguistics professor who becomes mysteriously rejuvenated after being struck by lightning.
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B.
Flaming Youth
Flaming Youth was a short-lived 1960s British rock band best known for featuring future Genesis drummer and vocalist Phil Collins.
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C.
The Young Don’t Cry
The Young Don’t Cry is a 1957 American drama film set in a Southern reform school, notable for starring Sal Mineo as a compassionate inmate who befriends an escaped convict.
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D.
This Is Our Youth
This Is Our Youth is a critically acclaimed stage play by Kenneth Lonergan that portrays the aimlessness and moral drift of affluent New York City teenagers in the early 1980s.
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E.
Wasted Youth
Wasted Youth is a punk rock band known for its aggressive sound and influence on the early hardcore punk scene.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese New Wave film
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film ⓘ |
| ageRating | adult themes ⓘ |
| castMember |
Fumio Watanabe
NERFINISHED
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Miyuki Kuwano NERFINISHED ⓘ Yoshiko Kuga NERFINISHED ⓘ Yūsuke Kawazu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Takashi Kawamata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | color ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| criticalReception | considered a landmark of the Japanese New Wave ⓘ |
| depicts |
delinquency
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sexuality ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| director | Nagisa Ōshima NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Shochiku NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor | Keiichi Uraoka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
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romantic drama film ⓘ |
| hasSetting | urban Japan ⓘ |
| hasType | feature film ⓘ |
| leadActor | Yūsuke Kawazu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadActress | Miyuki Kuwano NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
rebellious youth
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romantic relationship ⓘ social criticism ⓘ |
| movement | Japanese New Wave NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Riichirō Manabe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | young couple engaged in crime and exploitation ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early landmark in Nagisa Ōshima’s career
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raw depiction of youth rebellion ⓘ socially critical narrative ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| originalTitle | 青春残酷物語 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Nagisa Ōshima filmography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrays | postwar Japanese youth culture ⓘ |
| producer | Tomio Ikeda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Shochiku NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1960 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1960 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 96 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Nagisa Ōshima
NERFINISHED
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Toshirō Ishidō NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | postwar Japan ⓘ |
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Subject: Cruel Story of Youth Description of subject: Cruel Story of Youth is a landmark 1960 Japanese New Wave film directed by Nagisa Ōshima that portrays rebellious postwar youth through a raw, socially critical love story.
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