Shonen (1969) aka Boy DVD-R

Starring Fumio Watanabe, Akiko Koyama, Tetsuo Abe, Tsuyoshi Kinoshita, LoLo Cannon
Directed by Nagisa Oshima
Print: Color
Runtime: 97 min
Genre: Drama
Language: Japanese with English subtitles

Traveling from one Japanese urban center to the next, a family of grifters has developed a scheme to swindle gullible drivers out of their money. The father (Fumio Watanabe) convinces his young son (Tetsuo Abe) to run into the sides of cars on the street, tricking the drivers into thinking they've just hit a child. By threatening police involvement, the father gets his marks to pay him off, but the boy is increasingly resentful of his line of work.