Star Sand (2017)
In the closing days of World War II, Japanese-American Hiromi, a girl age 16, encounters an American deserter, Bob, and a Japanese soldier, Iwabuchi, living together in a cave on a small island in Okinawa. The two men are deserters from their armies; yet both vow never to harm another human being again. Hiromi looks after the deserters until another soldier appears and the peace of the cave is shattered. It leads to the death of three of them and a fascinating mystery that isn't solved until the present day.
Director:
Roger Pulvers
Writer:
Roger Pulvers
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Lisa Oda as Hiromi Umeno |
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Riho Yoshioka as Shiho Hosaka |
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Shinnosuke Mitsushima as Takayasu Iwabuchi |
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Brandon McClelland as Bob |
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Takahiro Miura as Iwabuchi |
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Shinobu Terajima as Gima |
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Makiko Watanabe as Yoshigami |
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Renji Ishibashi as Professor Shiroma |
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Mako Midori as Hiromi (elderly) |
| Camera | Shinji Ogawa | Director of Photography |
| Art | Hirokazu Kanakatsu | Production Design |
| Sound | Ryuichi Sakamoto | Music |
| Directing | Roger Pulvers | Director |
| Sound | Takeshi Ogawa | Sound Recordist |
| Writing | Roger Pulvers | Novel |
| Writing | Roger Pulvers | Screenplay |
| Sound | Takuto Tanaka | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Wataru Hiranami | Assistant Director |