在这部八月湿砂剧情片中,一部无关性与暴力，“无风"、“停滞"意味浓厚的“青春"电影。以夏天的海边为舞台，籍着主人翁种种叛逆、反抗的行为及心态探讨了一九七○年代初，即大学斗争逐渐退却的年代，表明心中的苦闷与冲突。本片从夏天的早晨，清遇到曾被不良少年强暴的早苗而展开。片中健一郎因为无法忍受母亲在父亲死后又投入其他男人怀抱，而产生种种反抗的行为。事实他并不是反抗大人而是抗拒自已成为大人的事实，希望自已一直停留在青春时期，这就是片中强调的“停滞"给人最强的印象。导演藤田敏八以其敏锐的电影感觉，用片中人物间的对比、冲突，人物与背景物体间的反衬，鲜明而强烈的将其所欲表达之主题--冷眼甚至恶意地表现反抗的青春。
One summer morning, Kiyoshi (Shosuke Hirose) is racing on his bike down the beach. While there, a girl with her clothes torn up is thrown out from a green convertible. This is how he and Sanae (Teresa Noda) first meet. A little while later Sanae's sister comes to pay Kiyoshi a visit, falsely claiming that he participated in her sister's rape. When she shoves him into a car with intentions to hand him over to the police, Kiyoshi finally snaps.
