is a Japanese film directed by Nagisa Ōshima. It was based on the hit song "kaette kita yopparai" by The Folk Crusaders, a folk and pop music group that also appeared in the film. It was released in March 1968.

Plot

Three young men go to the beach. Someone steals their clothes while they swim, and replaces them with ones that then leave the three mistaken for illegal aliens. In a commentary on the way Korean immigrants are treated in Japan, the three must then flee from the authorities, who are presented in a ridiculing light.

Cast

Cast: * Kazuhiko Katō * Osamu Kitayama * Norihiko Hashida * Kei Satō * Cha Dae-Sun * Fumio Watanabe * Mako Midori * Masao Adachi - Policeman

Home media

A digitally restored version of the film was released on DVD by

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as part of their Eclipse Series.

References

External links

* 1968 films Films directed by Nagisa Ōshima Japanese comedy films Japanese black comedy films 1960s Japanese films {{1960s-Japan-film-stub