Scars of the Sun
1981, Japanese. Directed by Chūsei Sone.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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Cast & crew
- Chūsei SoneDirector
- Kenichi KanedaShuhei Motegi
- Satoshi SadanagaToshiro Karasawa
- Mirai HayashiKaori Tasaka
- Koji TanakaKoji Motegi
- Ken OgataRintaro Motegi (Shuhei's Father)
- Kyōko EnamiAkiko Akutsu (Shuhei's Mother)
- Hiroshi MikamiTsutomu Kobayashi
- Akihiro ShimizuYusuke Kondo
- Yūko KatagiriMayumi Nakahira
- Cliff LanningKoji Akutsu
- Hiroshi FukamiHajime Doi
- Ken YamaokaTakeshi Suzuki
Details
- Released
- 14 February 1981
- Original title
- 太陽のきずあと
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Chūsei Sone, Toshimichi Saeki, Nanae Shimada
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Scars of the Sun runs 99 minutes (1h 39m).
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Scars of the Sun isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 14 February 1981. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
What movies are like Scars of the Sun?
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Who directed Scars of the Sun?
Scars of the Sun (1981) was directed by Chūsei Sone and stars Kenichi Kaneda, Satoshi Sadanaga, Mirai Hayashi.