BOY (PG) by OSHIMA Nagisa - Japanese Film Festival Singapore 2010

BOY / 少年
1969, 105 min, colour, 35mm, Japanese with English subtitles, Scope, PG Directed by OSHIMA Nagisa / 大島 渚 Cast: WATANABE Fumio, KOYAMA Akiko

Based on a shocking true story, a family makes their living by travelling across Japan, throwing their ten-year old son into traffic and faking bruises in order to extort money from unwitting drivers. Amid the intense and desperate struggle for survival and dignity, Boy shows the mixture of love and guilt found in a family as an exploitative trap, and criticises modern Japanese society. As the bruises become real and the prospect of death become too terrifying and sad, the boy questions his "crime". Shot in scope from Kyushu to Hokkaido, this is one of Oshima's most beautiful, restrained and accessible films.

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Film & Animation

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