Beast Shadow: Scars of Assault

Mizuo, a gardener, Kazeo, an apprentice, and his girlfriend, Ishio, come to the campsite on vacation. Mizuo, who likes Kazeo, grows jealous when he sees the two flirting. He went for a walk alone to distract himself from his thoughts, and was raped by a man clad in a piece of cloth who looked like an Arab. While the water man was unable to say anything about it, the stone man became the prey. Burning with anger, Ishio and Kazao decide to uncover the man's true identity. Around that time, the dream man, a former rugby player, met a woman with...

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The film is a series of vignettes from Taiji Tonoyama's life and film clips, interspersed with a dialogue to camera by Nobuko Otowa, addressing the camera as if she is addressing Tonoyama himself, recollecting events in his life. The film focuses on Tonoyama's alcohol dependence and his various sexual relationships, as well as his film work with Shindo.