Boy

Osaka 10-year-old Toshio (Tetsuo Abe) was critical to the family income... considering that his father (Fumio Watanabe) and stepmother (Akiko Koyama) were self-absorbed grifters who'd make him jump into traffic, and shake down the motorists who "struck" him. The mental and physical abuse he suffered as the clan fled town to town ahead of the authorities are limned in this straightforward, fact-inspired effort from Nagisa Oshima. Tsuyoshi Kinoshita also stars. 97 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: Japanese; Subtitles: English. In Japanese with English subtitles. Region Free