Obayashi's monochromatic dream playfully worships the biker culture of yesteryear, delivering a sentimental and liberating take on young love.

Following a painful breakup, macho biker Koh (Riki Takeuchi) skips town and hits the road on his beloved Kawasaki W3 650. On his countryside excursion, he encounters the free-spirited Miyo (Kiwako Harada, older sister of Obayashi favorite Tomoyo Harada) who quickly takes interest in both the leather-clad Koh and his motorbike. Koh and Miyo fall in love even as Miyo's prodigious biking talent and thrill-seeking tendencies heighten Koh's fear that she may push it all too far. A nostalgia-filled reminiscence, Nobuhiko Obayashi's monochromatic dream playfully worships the biker culture of yesteryear, delivering a sentimental and liberating take on young love.

Media

Bonus Materials

• High-definition Transfer
• Audio Commentary by Samm Deighan
• Becoming the Wind: His Motorbike, Her Island and the Biker Movie - Visual essay by Esther Rosenfield 
• Her Island: Onomichi Pt. 1 - Visual essay by Alex Pratt
• Director Nobuhiko Obayashi Archival Interview
• Theatrical Trailers
• New improved English subtitles
• New Slipcase design by Sam Smith
• Reversible sleeve with Japanese original poster art
• First Pressing includes repro 24-page Japanese booklet (pamphlet)

 

Cast & Crew

Actors:

•       Riki Takeuchi
•       Kiwako Harada
•       Noriko Watanabe

Director: Nobuhiko Obayashi

Additional Details

Label: Cult Epics

Genre: Drama

Language: Japanese

Run Time: 90 mins

Region: A

Release Date: 08/12/25

UPC: 881190022597