His Motorbike, Her Island [DVD]

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

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

Cast & Crew
Actors: Riki Takeuchi Kiwako Harada Noriko Watanabe
Director: Nobuhiko Obayashi