Scars of the Sun

Scars of the Sun

1981 · 99 min · ★ 6.0 · 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.

Directed by Chūsei Sone · Written by Chūsei Sone

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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

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