Crazy Fruit

Crazy Fruit aka Crazed Fruit (狂った果実) 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.

Plot
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

Critical appraisal
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.

Availability
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