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Boy

Boy

19697.21h 38m

Overview

A family of four lives off of scams in which they pretend to be injured by automobiles.

Directed by Nagisa Ōshima
Written by Tsutomu Tamura
Produced by Takuji Yamaguchi, Masayuki Nakajima
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Top Cast

Fumio Watanabe

Fumio Watanabe

Father

Akiko Koyama

Akiko Koyama

Stepmother

Tetsuo Abe

Tetsuo Abe

Boy

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Takeshi Kinoshota

Younger Brother

Yun Yun-Do

Yun Yun-Do

Victim (uncredited)

L

LoLo Cannon

(uncredited)

Themes & Keywords

child abusedysfunctional familycons and scamschild endangermentfaked accidentsfamily travelsmarital strife

About Boy

Boy is a crime, drama film released in 1969 exploring themes of child abuse, dysfunctional family, cons and scams, child endangerment, faked accidents, family travels. Directed by Nagisa Ōshima, it stars Fumio Watanabe, Akiko Koyama, Tetsuo Abe. A family of four lives off of scams in which they pretend to be injured by automobiles.

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