Cast:
Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Hitomi Nozoe, Aiko Mimasu
Masmura’s debut feature with its stripped down narrative and handheld camerawork sent a shock wave through Japanese cinema in much the same manner as Godard in Europe. With its liberated camera and even more liberated protagonists, this is the film which caused Oshima to say of Masumura “a powerful irresistible force has arrived in Japanese Cinema.”
A young boy and girl meet while visiting their respective fathers in prison. The young lovers soon embrace both each other and their mutual alienation. Shrugging off their responsibilities they jump on a motorbike and head for the beach.