Film

Scars of the Sun

1981 · 1h 39m · Drama

In a night painted with raw, incendiary desire, the story follows Shuhei as he slips from a morbid funeral into a world pulsing with illicit passions. At the seductive bar "EDEN," sultry whispers and heady intoxication set the stage for heated encounters—moments charged with forbidden attraction. An awkward, yet intensely charged reunion with his estranged brother in a steamy hotel room sparks a domino effect of erotic interludes, igniting wild nights at a pulsating disco and secret rendezvous at a coastal villa. Here, simmering rivalries and envious longings flare into explosive encounters, culminating in a searing, tumultuous climax where the boundaries between lust and violence vanish in a frenzy of physical, unrestrained ecstasy.

Kenichi Kaneda

Shuhei Motegi

Satoshi Sadanaga

Toshiro Karasawa

Mirai Hayashi

Kaori Tasaka

Koji Tanaka

Koji Motegi

Ken Ogata

Rintaro Motegi (Shuhei's Father)

Kyōko Enami

Akiko Akutsu (Shuhei's Mother)

Hiroshi Mikami

Tsutomu Kobayashi

Akihiro Shimizu

Yusuke Kondo

Yūko Katagiri

Mayumi Nakahira

Cliff Lanning

Koji Akutsu

Hiroshi Fukami

Hajime Doi

Ken Yamaoka

Takeshi Suzuki

Shigeki Ishii

Tatsuo Akagi

Toru Hayashi

Akira Maeda

Megumi Saki

Mitsuko Tasaka

Emī Yokoyama

Kanako Sakurai

• Chūsei SoneDirector · Screenplay
• Toshimichi SaekiScreenplay
• Nanae ShimadaScreenplay
• Yūji TanakaScreenplay
• Toshio OkadaScreenplay
• Atsushi MihoriProducer
• Ryuhei NishimuraProducer
• Akira ShiizukaDirector of Photography
• Toru HatanoOriginal Music Composer
• Kiyoaki SaitōEditor

Scars of the Sun 太陽のきずあと (directed by Chusei Sone, 1981) Trailer

Release date

February 14, 1981

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 39m

Rated

18

Genres

Drama