The editor of a sports magazine is trying to transform fashion model Reiko (Yoko Shiraki) into a professional golfer, while retaining all the rights to her image. Despite that, she becomes a big star after winning her first tournament. Yet a hit-and-run accident leads to her being blackmailed by an obsessed stalker, Kayo.

After being blacklisted for a decade, this was director Seijun Suzuki’s comeback film. He had been told that his “…films were incomprehensible, that they did not make any money and that Suzuki might as well give up his career as a director as he would not be making films for any other companies.” This led to a lawsuit that lasted three and a half years and barely generated any financial gain for him, despite his victory. His biggest concern was that Nikkatsu, the studio where he worked, would hold all of his films forever, never allowing them to be released.

Written by manga illustrator Ikki Kajiwara, this story revolves around a woman who is seemingly gifted everything to become a star, yet remains unaware of how the machinations of fame will ultimately ruin any hope of an everyday life. It’s not the sports story that you expect.

The Radiance Films Blu-ray release of this film has extras such as audio commentary by critic and author Samm Deighan, a new interview with editor Kunihiko Ukai, a trailers, a reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Sam Smith and a limited edition booklet featuring new writing by Jasper Sharp and an archival review of the film. It’s a limited edition of 3,000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with a removable OBI strip, allowing the packaging to remain free of certificates and markings. You can order this movie from MVD.