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This story got the 1^st place of Oscar in 1961 (34^th). Setting is in New York, United State. There are two big gang groups; one is New Yorker, leader is Riff, another is immigrant, leader is Bernardo, mother language is Spanish. They hate each other. One night, there was a dance party between them, under the police supervision. Riff’s friend, Tony, shows up the party and he fallen in love with Bernardo’s sister, Maria. At the same time Maria feels, too. One day, Riff suggests Bernard rumbling, and winner will get all. Maria doesn’t like any rumblings, thus she asked Tony to stop rumbling. Tony tried to stop it, but when he saw Bernardo killed Riff, he couldn’t stand to be patient anymore, and killed Maria’s brother Bernardo, accidentally. Bernardo’s girl friend, Anita wanted Maria to separate with Tony, but Maria didn’t want to because she loved him so much. After all, Tony was shot by one of the immigrant members. Maria and Tony never get together. This is a tragic story like Romeo and Juliet.