Child of the Sun (1980)
A couple originally from Okinawa run an inexpensive restaurant in Kobe, with their grade-school daughter, Fuuchan. The movie depicts the warm interaction between her and adults that grew up with the rough history of Okinawa and discrimination from the mainland. Shots partly on location at beach of Itoman, Yogi Park and Hateruma Island. This is the movie version of the well-known novel by Kenjiro Haitani.
Director:
Kirio Urayama
Writer:
Kirio Urayama
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Harumi Harada as |
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Chōichirō Kawarasaki as |
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Mayumi Ozora as |
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Masane Tsukayama as |
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Junko Kuroda as Kiyoshi's mother |
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Jun Hamamura as |
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Shōji Ishibashi as |
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Sadao China as |
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Toyomasa Matsuda as |
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Toshitaka Itō as |
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Taiji Tonoyama as |
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Hideji Ōtaki as Detective A |
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Shuntaro Tamamura as Detective B |
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Mieko Nishio as |
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Katsuhiko Sunaga as |
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Harumi Sakai as |
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Shinobu Otake as |
| Directing | Kirio Urayama | Director |
| Editing | Shuichi Kakesu | Assistant Editor |
| Directing | Kazuo Hara | Assistant Director |
| Editing | Hajime Okayasu | Editor |
| Lighting | Hideo Kumagai | Lighting Technician |
| Art | Takeharu Sakaguchi | Art Direction |
| Sound | Koshiro Jinbo | Sound Recordist |
| Production | Shohei Tokizane | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Shōhei Andō | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Taku Shinjo | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Riichirō Manabe | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Kirio Urayama | Screenplay |
| Writing | Kenjiro Haitani | Novel |