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Eighteen Years, to the Sea (1979)

Eighteen Years, to the Sea poster
Original title
十八歳、海へ
Directed by
Toshiya Fujita
Genre
drama film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 50m
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A teenage girl staying in Tokyo for summer school meets two male students at the same prep school. They engage in a reckless game of fake suicide pacts, testing their boundaries and emotions.

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What happens

『十八歳、海へ』(じゅうはっさいうみへ)は、1979年8月18日に公開された日本映画。主演は永島敏行と森下愛子で、藤田敏八が監督を務めた。中上健次の小説集「十八歳、海へ」より「隆男と美津子」の章の映画化作品。併映作は『スーパーGUNレディ ワニ分署』。前年の社名変更後も旧社名と旧マークを維持し続けた株式会社にっかつの名前と新マークがスクリーンに登場した最初の作品でもある。 夏期講習を受けに東京に滞在中の女子高生と、同じ予備校に通う2人の男子予備校生との交流を描いた作品。また作中では、怖いもの知らずな若者たちがする“心中未遂遊び”という行為を扱っている。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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