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Wet Sand in August

1971

Toshiya Fujita

1971·JapanJapan
Award tierBronze

One summer morning, Kiyoshi (Shosuke Hirose) is racing on his bike down the beach. While there, a girl with her clothes torn up is thrown out from a green convertible. This is how he and Sanae (Teresa Noda) first meet. A little while later Sanae's sister comes to pay Kiyoshi a visit, falsely claiming that he participated in her sister's rape. When she shoves him into a car with intentions to hand him over to the police, Kiyoshi finally snaps.

Cast

Midori Fujita·Shôsuke Hirose·Takenori Murano·Naoto Nakazawa

Languages

JapanJapanese

Major Awards

0 wins · 1 nomination

Nominations (1)

Best Picture

Kinema Junpo Awards (1972)

Best Film

Toshiya Fujita