Preceded by short: Children Who Draw (Susumu Hani, Japan, 1956). (E o Kaku Kodomotachi). "Born into a family known for its efforts for progressive education, the young Hani created a fine series of shorts before making his first feature. For Children Who Draw, taking six months to make a half-hour film, Hani discovered his protagonist in a boy who doesn't draw very well. It was the film that taught him how." (Donald Richie) Japan Short Film Award, Flaherty Memorial Prize, Best Short Film Award at Venice Festival. Written by Hani. Photographed by Shizuo Komura. (38 mins, In Japanese with English subtitles, B&W/Color, 16mm)(Furyo Shonen). For Bad Boys, a story of delinquents in a reform school, Hani employed a cast of boys who in fact had served time at the school and were persuaded to reconstruct their lives for him in a fictional context. Hani provided only indirect direction; the boys filled in the dialogue, the story, and ultimately the meaning. Among many extraordinary sequences are an armed robbery, an unvarnished case of bullying, and a wonderful and weird scene in which the boys troop down to the shore of their island prison to harass passing ships. "The bad boys learn what bad means and are at the same time liberated by the fact of acting themselves. The reformatory may be the very model of repression but the protagonist can, at the end, without irony thank the authorities for the experience." (Donald Richie) Music in this and the following four features is by the renowned composer Toru Takemitsu. Mannheim Festival First Prize, Japan Journalists' Award.