Three high school students decide to challenge the legendary surf at Shonan Beach.
Cinematography
Shonan waves shot with genuine reverence and terror
Acting
Haruma Miura's raw pre-stardom desperation
Practical Effects
Real surf conditions, no green screen cowardice
Director
Nobuyuki Takahashi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Rikiya Mifune, who plays Nick, is the grandson of legendary actor Toshiro Mifune — Seven Samurai royalty slumming in a surf movie.
Shonan Beach is Japan's surfing mecca, but this film subverts the 'endless summer' fantasy by treating the ocean as genuinely lethal — rare for Japanese youth cinema of this era.
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