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Lanterns on Blue Waters

Nami no bon
🎞️ Movie 112 min JP
โ˜… 6.8 /10 1983

The story of a Japanese man who as a 16-year-old went to Maui to work in the sugar cane fields in order to support his family back in Japan. Now 89 and still living in Hawaii he is visited by his granddaughter who brings him a letter from his disinherited and recently dead son. This brings back memories of his life with his wife and family following the attack on Pearl Harbor, in particular of his son who had gone off to join the war for the Americans.

Cast

Jun Hamamura
Jun Hamamura
Eri Ishida
Eri Ishida
Jun'ichi Ishida
Jun'ichi Ishida
Shirô Itô
Shirô Itô
Sakutaro Yamanami's brother
Keizô Kanie
Keizô Kanie
Haruko Katô
Haruko Katô
Misa Yamanami
Yuki Kazamatsuri
Yuki Kazamatsuri
Kiichi Nakai
Kiichi Nakai
Sakutaro Yamanami
Chishū Ryū
Chishū Ryū
Kosaku Yamanami
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Ryôko Tateishi
Tôru Takemitsu
Tôru Takemitsu
Composer
๐Ÿ‘ค
Masao Nakabori
Cinematographer