A 1973 masterpiece of Nikkatsu Roman Porno's "drifter" school, done up as a road movie. Farewell to the turning seasons, a one-way ticket to nowhere. A portrait of youth. As Haruo Minami said: "The customer is God. I am who I am because of you."
Written and directed by the master, Tatsumi Kumashiro. His follow-up to the huge hit "Wet Lust." Set in a rundown port town near the coast, the story unfolds at an unhurried pace. The visually gorgeous scenes and the erotic sequences, brimming with humor that never falls flat, deliver an aesthetic and elegance that plays like a parody of the road movie — utterly intoxicating. Above all, the footage of the protagonist racing his bicycle all over town is overwhelmingly cool! Peeping on other people's outdoor sex — no, more like watching it up close and unabashedly! — and that sensation of eyes meeting; the absurdly sand-caked bodies on the beach; the scene of the movie theater owner's mature wife running on and on in her kimono... one unforgettable image after another. And then, the requiem. The music, with its repeating strains of withered guitar in a Shichiro Fukazawa vein that also recalls John Fahey, is beautifully understated. DVD imported directly from the U.S. Plays on Japanese home DVD players too. The Japanese edition DVD is currently hard to come by.
(Original Japanese text by COMPUMA)
Written and directed by the master, Tatsumi Kumashiro. His follow-up to the huge hit "Wet Lust." Set in a rundown port town near the coast, the story unfolds at an unhurried pace. The visually gorgeous scenes and the erotic sequences, brimming with humor that never falls flat, deliver an aesthetic and elegance that plays like a parody of the road movie — utterly intoxicating. Above all, the footage of the protagonist racing his bicycle all over town is overwhelmingly cool! Peeping on other people's outdoor sex — no, more like watching it up close and unabashedly! — and that sensation of eyes meeting; the absurdly sand-caked bodies on the beach; the scene of the movie theater owner's mature wife running on and on in her kimono... one unforgettable image after another. And then, the requiem. The music, with its repeating strains of withered guitar in a Shichiro Fukazawa vein that also recalls John Fahey, is beautifully understated. DVD imported directly from the U.S. Plays on Japanese home DVD players too. The Japanese edition DVD is currently hard to come by. (Original Japanese text by COMPUMA)