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On a small island in Ise Bay, where ancient legends still live, Shinji, a ruggedly tanned young man of the sea, meets Hatsue, a girl with cool eyes. Shinji's heart suddenly begins to stir. Yukio Mishima, inspired to write a work about 'gods' that overlaps with ancient Greek imagery, chose Utajima, a beautiful fishing village unaffected by the city, as the setting. The freshness of their bodies and the course of their love affair are blended with the dazzling sun and sparkling sea... Hatsue is seen naked and out of shame tells Shinji to get naked as well. When Shinji is naked, Hatsue tells him to "Jump across the fire to me. Come on ! If you'll jump across the fire to me..." Shinji jumped over the fire and hugged each other naked, but Hatsue said, "It's bad for now. Because I've decided it's you I'm going to marry, and until I do, it's really bad." This famous scene is so nice. Second film adaptation : 1964. Director : Kenjiro Morinaga. Starring: Sayuri Yoshinaga and Mitsuo Hamada.