Crazy Season (1973)
A young boy, a prep school student, lives alone with his estranged mother. One day, after breaking up with his girlfriend Noriko, he is stopped by a middle-aged woman. Out of curiosity, he follows her and has his first sexual experience. A few days later, having discovered the pleasure of sex, he tries to embrace Noriko in a park, but she rejects him, and they part ways. He gradually becomes more and more reckless. He visits his father's mistress and learns that the two have broken up, and ends up sleeping with her. While continuing this life of rampant pleasure, he learns from a friend that his girlfriend Noriko has been attacked and raped by a thug. At that moment, he realizes that Noriko was the only one he truly loved, and he searches for her...
Director:
Shinichi Shiratori
Writer:
Akio Ido
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Yuri Yamashina as Noriko Nagai |
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Michiko Tsukasa as Michiko Sada |
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Morio Kazama as Kohei Mizuguchi |
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Moeko Ezawa as Woman |
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Keiko Aikawa as Bar maid |
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Hiroshi Chō as Koichiro |
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Meika Seri as Shimako Ozeki |
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Mikiko Sakai as Shizuko |
| Directing | Shinichi Shiratori | Director |
| Writing | Akio Ido | Screenplay |
| Sound | Hajime Kaburagi | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Yonezō Maeda | Director of Photography |