Season of the Sun

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Shintaro Ishihara appearing in a bit part in the 1956 Japanese film Season of the Sun, based on his novel of the same name.

For the 2002 film see Taiyō no kisetsu (2002)

Season of the Sun (太陽の季節, Taiyō no kisetsu^?) is a Japanese novel written in 1955 by Shintaro Ishihara. It is the source of the name of the rebellious, taiyozoku (太陽族) youth culture which emerged after World War II.^{[citation needed]}

The 1956 feature film adaptation was also noteworthy because it marked the cinema debut, in a supporting role, of Yujiro Ishihara (brother of the author of the novel) who went on to become one of Japan's most successful film stars of the late 1950s and early 1960s (and who remains a cultural icon following his untimely death in 1987).

[edit] Film Plot Description and Analysis

Yoko Minamida (left, playing Eiko Takeda) and Hiroyuki Nagato (playing Tatsuya Tsugawa) in Season of the Sun.

The film tells the story of a group of high school boxing team members who spend their days drinking, sailing and chasing girls, and who more often than not spend their nights getting into brawls. In particular, it focuses upon Tatsuya, a sullen young man, who falls in love with Eiko, a proud upper-class girl.