Backlight 2021

Ahuang brought his senior Yoshioka back to his hometown Onomichi. The bored two people went on a trip with Ahuang's childhood sweetheart Wenjiang and his friend Xiaomi. The four of them wandered aimlessly, smoking, dancing, swimming, swaying to hippie music, and talking about Mishima Yukio. In the hot and ambiguous summer, Wenjiang discovers that Ahuang has a special affection for Yoshioka, but Yoshioka's eyes stay on Xiaomi. In the summer of 1970, the anti-American movement of angry youth was at its peak. In the season when the sea is blue, a series of unblessed romances are quietly sprouting. The new generation of actor Ren Sudo's first self-directed and self-acted work shows stunning camera language. The nostalgic streets and student sentiments of Onomichi seem to combine the sassy youth of Obayashi Nobuhiko's "Transfer Student" and the romantic ambiguity of Murakami Haruki's "Listen to the Wind". It also has the bold relief of Mishima Yukio's "Anti-Virgin University" and "Immoral Education Lecture", supplemented by Otomo Yoshihide's soundtrack, creating a sweet and taboo image atmosphere.