Taiyo to Chi to Suna

[Machine Translation] Affair and revenge! Teenage passion! Gray youth scattered in waves! The long-awaited first DVD release of a unique coming-of-age film by New Toho, challenging the "Taiyo-zoku" line. Directed by Yoshimiki Onoda, who showed his exceptional talent in "Onna Slave Ship" and "Naked Woman and Murder Maze (Kasuba)". Starring Matsubara Midorio, who played a charming assassin in "Nyotai Uzumakijima", and Mitsuya Utako, who also shows her innocent beauty in genre films. --One hot summer day. One hot summer day, Mitsuko is enjoying a vacation with her boyfriend, Yoshikawa, on the Zushi seaside. However, Mitsuko is abducted and beaten by three gangsters who suddenly appear. In despair, Mitsuko leaves a will to her mother and brother, Shiro, and takes her own life. Shiro learns about the situation from Yoshikawa, and with the help of Mitsuko's friend Fusayo, he appeals to the police to investigate the perpetrators. However, the police refuse to answer his appeal. Shiro decides to avenge his sister's death with his own hands. From that day on, he continues to search the beach in midsummer in pursuit of the three fools. Shiro finds the trio at a makeshift dance hall on the beach and challenges them, but is grabbed by the police and imprisoned in a juvenile reformatory. Time passed, and Shiro was released from prison, but instead of returning to his parents' house, he roosted on the second floor of a pachinko parlor, looking for a chance to meet the trio. Meanwhile, Shiro meets a woman, and their hearts begin to grow closer.

Special Feature / Bonus Track: trailer(s)

情事と復讐! 十代の激情! 波濤に散った灰色の青春!! 新東宝が"太陽族"路線に挑んだ異色青春映画が待望の初DVD化。『女奴隷船』『裸女と殺人迷路 (カスバ)』で異彩を見せた小野田嘉幹の監督作品。主演は『女体渦巻島』で魅力的な殺し屋を演じた松原緑郎と、ジャンル作品においても清楚な美しさを見せる三ツ矢歌子。――ある暑い夏の日。光子は恋人の吉川と逗子海岸で休暇を楽しんでいた。ところが突如現れた三人の愚連隊に光子が拉致されて暴行を受けてしまう。絶望した光子は母と弟・史郎に遺書を残して命を断つ。吉川からその時の状況を聞き出した史郎は、光子の友人・房代の協力も得て警察に犯人たちの捜査を訴える。しかし警察は訴えに答えようとはしなかった。自らの手で姉の復讐を決意する史郎。その日から三人の愚連隊を追って真夏の浜辺を捜し続ける。海浜の仮設ダンスホールで三人組をみつけた史郎は、挑みかかったのだが、逆に警察の手に掴まって少年院に収監されてしまった。時は経ち、出所した史郎は実家に戻らずにパチンコ屋の二階をねぐらにして三人組と出会う機を窺った。その一方で史郎はひとりの女性と出会い、心を寄せ合っていく。

映像特典: オリジナル予告篇収録