Scars of the Sun (1981)
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.
Director:
Chūsei Sone
Writers:
Chūsei Sone, Toshimichi Saeki, Nanae Shimada, Yūji Tanaka, Toshio Okada.
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Kenichi Kaneda as Shuhei Motegi |
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Satoshi Sadanaga as Toshiro Karasawa |
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Mirai Hayashi as Kaori Tasaka |
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Koji Tanaka as Koji Motegi |
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Ken Ogata as Rintaro Motegi (Shuhei's Father) |
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Kyōko Enami as Akiko Akutsu (Shuhei's Mother) |
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Hiroshi Mikami as Tsutomu Kobayashi |
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Akihiro Shimizu as Yusuke Kondo |
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Yūko Katagiri as Mayumi Nakahira |
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Cliff Lanning as Koji Akutsu |
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Hiroshi Fukami as Hajime Doi |
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Ken Yamaoka as Takeshi Suzuki |
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Shigeki Ishii as Tatsuo Akagi |
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Toru Hayashi as Akira Maeda |
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Megumi Saki as Mitsuko Tasaka |
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Emī Yokoyama as Kanako Sakurai |
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Tatsuo Umemiya as Criminal A |
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Kintarô Sakata as |
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Masayoshi Nogami as |
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Kōichi Yamada as |
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Ryō Suga as |
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Kosuke Nakatsuka as |
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Chū Takatsuki as |
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Eiki Arai as |
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Takashi Takano as |
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Lisa Komaki as |
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Kumiko Nishiguchi as |
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Eiko Kubota as |
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Koizumi Hibako as |
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Yûko Ôsaki as |
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Osamu Kimura as |
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Ryozo Mihara as |
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Fukunosuke Izumi as |
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Toyonori Murazoe as |
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Hiroki Oshima as |
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Fumie Shō as |
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Yuriko Nakabayashi as |
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Yuri Meguro as |
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Yumiko Umino as |
| Directing | Chūsei Sone | Director |
| Writing | Chūsei Sone | Screenplay |
| Writing | Toshimichi Saeki | Screenplay |
| Writing | Nanae Shimada | Screenplay |
| Writing | Yūji Tanaka | Screenplay |
| Writing | Toshio Okada | Screenplay |
| Camera | Akira Shiizuka | Director of Photography |
| Lighting | Toshio Yamaguchi | Lighting Director |
| Art | Yasutaro Ima | Art Direction |
| Sound | Norihiko Kakinuma | Sound Recordist |
| Editing | Kiyoaki Saitō | Editor |
| Directing | Yūji Tanaka | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Toru Hatano | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Atsushi Mihori | Producer |
| Production | Ryuhei Nishimura | Producer |
| Sound | Takashi Hara | Sound Effects |
| Directing | Miyamoto Ikuko | Script Supervisor |
| Crew | Teruo Shimizu | Fight Choreographer |
| Crew | Keiji Ishihara | Actor's Assistant |
| Art | Fumie Nakamura | Props |
| Art | Shigeo Nakajima | Decorator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Shigeru Moriwaki | Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yasue Ishikawa | Makeup & Hair |
| Camera | Mitsuo Katô | Still Photographer |
| Production | Katsuhiko Aoki | Production Coordinator |
| Sound | Naoki Tachikawa | Music Producer |
| Crew | Tomio Isosaki | Technical Advisor |
| Crew | Kenji Shibata | Technical Advisor |