It is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Shintaro Ishihara, the older brother of Yujiro Ishihara.
Both this film and the earlier (1956) version by Nikkatsu, Crazed Fruit, were based on a novel of the same name by Shintaro Ishihara.
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She is best known for co-starring in a series of films with Yujiro Ishihara, one of postwar Japan's most famous stars, starting with Crazed Fruit in 1956.