The Warped Ones

The Warped Ones
The Warped Ones
	Original theatrical poster
Directed by	Koreyoshi Kurahara
Written by	Nobuo Yamada
Produced by	Takeshi Yamamoto
Starring	Tamio Kawachi; Eiji Go; Yuko Chishiro; Noriko Matsumoto
Cinematography	Yoshio Mamiya
Edited by	Akira Suzuki
Music by	Toshiro Mayuzumi
Distributed by	Nikkatsu
Release date	September 3, 1960;
Running time	76 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

The Warped Ones (狂熱の季節, Kyōnetsu no kisetsu) is a 1960 Japanese Sun Tribe film directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara and starring Tamio Kawachi, Eiji Go, Yuko Chishiro and Noriko Matsumoto. It was produced and distributed by the Nikkatsu Company. The story concerns the young hoodlum Akira, his friends, their transgressions and specifically their revenge on the couple that got him sent to jail, a reporter and his fiancée. When the fiancée finds herself pregnant by Akira she enlists his help with her finance who has become distant since the attack.

Often compared by critics to Breathless (1960) and Rebel Without a Cause (1955), it is a stylistic departure from studio norms, driven by its jazz score and employing filmic techniques described as being as energetic and frantic as its characters. It achieved success in Japan and was followed by Black Sun (1964), featuring many of the same cast, crew and characters, with the addition of acclaimed drummer Max Roach to the soundtrack. Audubon Films released The Warped Ones in the United States in 1963 where it was marketed as a sexploitation film.