1977 film by Yasuharu Hasebe

Yuko is sent to the coastal regions to be raised away from the rest of her sophisticated family where she finds out from her ill grandmother that she is not who she thought she was.

A blind sculptor kidnaps an artists' model and imprisons her in his warehouse studio – a shadowland of perverse monuments to the female form. Here a deranged passion play of sensual and sexual obsession is acted out in world where sight is replaced by touch.

Nishi is an advertising executive for a caramel company that is planning to launch a new product, in fierce competition with two other companies.

This impressionistic portrait of the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics pays as much attention to the crowds and workers as it does to the actual competitive events. Highlights include an epic pole-vaulting match between West Germany and America, and the final marathon race through Tokyo's streets. Two athletes are highlighted: Ethiopian marathon runner Abebe Bikila, who receives his second gold medal, and runner Ahamed Isa from Chad, representing a country younger than he is.

导演增村保造继影片《巨人与玩具》之后，开始转向以妓女为题材的影片。本片中他通过对被凌辱、被迫害的女性自身的不屈精神描写，表达了他以及主人公希望的明天。剧情主要为住在四国深山里的少女阿铃，相依为命的奶奶在她13岁时死去，不久她便被拐卖到濑户内海一个岛上的妓院里，虽然年纪较小，但终归逃脱不了做妓女的恶运。她在忧愤中双目失明，但仍以顽强的毅力不向命运低头，终于在一个同情她的传道师的帮助下逃回了故土。她用故乡沾满露水的泥土擦拭自己的脸，仿佛听到了来自大地深处的纯洁的声音……扮演阿铃的原田美枝子当时16岁，却以鲜活的演技，生动地表现了花季少女不幸的遭遇，以此荣获新人奖。