Suna no Ue No Shokubutsu Gun

[Machine Translation] Nakahira Yasushi, a genius film director who will remain in the history of Japanese cinema! The series "Respect Yasushi Nakahira!" is a series of DVD releases of masterpieces by the genius director who had a strong influence on the writers of the New Wave and has been reevaluated in recent years. The second series is "The Plant on the Sand", which is the first time to be released on DVD. The second installment is "Plants on the Sand". The second film is "Flora on the Sand," an aesthetically pleasing masterpiece based on the best-selling novel by Yoshiyuki Junnosuke, adapted by Nakahira Yasushi. --One night at the observatory of Yokohama's Marine Tower, Ichiro Igi, a cosmetics salesman, is approached by a girl with striking red lipstick, and the two have an affair. The girl's name is Akiko, and she is a high school girl. Akiko makes an immoral request to Igi: "Do something terrible to my sister.... Igi went to the bar where Kyoko, Akiko's sister, worked and held her later that night. She had a strange birthmark on her skin. Kyoko was a masochist. Iki responded to Kyoko's lewd flirtations and desires. The two are about to be swept away in an unusual affair... Press sheet in reduced scale (Japanese and English versions), liner notes by Yasuhiro Konishi (musician) included. (tentative).

Special Feature / Bonus Track: bonus video footage

日本映画史に残る天才映画監督中平康! ヌーヴェル・ヴァーグの作家たちにも強い影響を与え、近年になって再評価が高まる天才監督の傑作群を順次DVD化するシリーズ「リスペクト中平康!」すべてが初ソフト化! 第二弾は『砂の上の植物群』。吉行淳之介のベストセラー小説を中平康が映像化したあまりにも美しい耽美的傑作。――化粧品のセールスマン伊木一郎は、ある夜横浜のマリンタワーの展望台で真赤な口紅が印象的な少女に声をかけられ、二人は関係を持ってしまう。少女の名前は明子、女子高校生だった。明子は伊木へインモラルな依頼を口にした「姉をひどい目にあわせて・・・」。伊木は明子の姉、京子が働くバーへ行き、その夜のうちに京子を抱いた。彼女の肌には妙な痣があった。京子はいわゆるマゾだったのだ。京子の淫靡な媚態と欲望にこたえる伊木。二人は異常な情事におし流されようとしてた・・・。プレスシート縮尺再編集版 (日本語版・英語版)、小西康陽 (音楽家) によるライナーノート封入。(予定)

映像特典(予定): 劇場用予告編、オリジナルポスター画像