Yoshio Hayakawa

Masato Hara made his directorial debut in high school in 1968 and achieved a reputation as a young prodigy. Many years later, he continues to make films and show his old experimental 'live-screening' films, but is saddled with massive debts. This film follows eight years in his life.

A wife with a fertility problem wants to use her sister's womb to have children, but her sister is enjoying her boyfriend and sexual freedom. The husband is a commanding chauvinist and this soon turns out to be an investigation into authority, patriarchy and conservatism vs. free love and youth culture.

The film is an intimate and raw portrait of Yoshio Hayakawa, former leader of the legendary group Jacks, filmed between July and November 1969, in the months following the group’s dissolution. As he prepares to temporarily step away from the spotlight of the music scene to open a second-hand record store, director Masato Hara captures his world, his thoughts, and his reflections on music and creation. The film also looks back at his solo career, which began with the release of his album かっこいいことはなんてかっこ悪いんだろう.