Child of the Sun

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Child of the Sun (1980)

Directed by Kirio Urayama

· 2h 22m

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.

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Cast

H
Harumi Harada Chōichirō Kawarasaki Mayumi Ozora Masane Tsukayama
J
Junko Kuroda Kiyoshi's mother Jun Hamamura
S
Shōji Ishibashi Sadao China
T
Toyomasa Matsuda
T
Toshitaka Itō Taiji Tonoyama Hideji Ōtaki Detective A

Crew

Director
Kirio Urayama
Screenplay
Kirio Urayama
Novel
Kenjiro Haitani
Director of Photography
Shōhei Andō
Original Music Composer
Riichirō Manabe
Editor
Hajime Okayasu

Details

Original title
太陽の子 てだのふあ
Release date
1980-09-13
Runtime
2h 22m
Original language
JA
Spoken languages
Japanese
Countries
Japan