Boy recounts the true story, one that briefly shocked Japan in 1966, of a married couple who trained their ten-year-old child to fake being hit by autos so they could collect damages from the shaken drivers.
Director: Nagisa Ôshima. AKA Boy / 少年
Writer: Tsutomu Tamura.
Stars: Tetsuo Abe, Fumio Watanabe, Akiko Koyama, Tsuyoshi Kinoshita.
Cinematographers: Seizô Sengen, Yasuhiro Yoshioka.
Composer: Hikaru Hayashi.
Brilliantly composed film in every sense of the word. Thank you for posting and all your work on this site.
Excellent film, fabulous print, English subtitles. Thank you Jon!
This is on Criterion Channel now so I hope it’s not a problem to keep it here. Then again, I;m annoyed how CC’s been taking down things pretty frequently since they can’t afford to have everything available at all time, but their Oshima collection’s stayed up for a while now…