The Crying Wind

Overview

Seikichi, makes his living fishing from a small boat off the coast of Okinawa. He and his 12-year-old grandson Akira live in a small, tree-lined village in the northern part of the island which is surrounded by a white-sand beach and plots of pine and flowering bushes. On the cliff that skirts the shore sits an open-air burial ground containing the skull of a kamikaze pilot who was shot down during the last days of World War II. When the wind blows through the bullet hole in the skull, it produces a whistling sound. The locals call it the "Crying Head."

Details

Status

Released

Release date

July 31, 2004

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Production

SIGLO

Cast

Miho Tsumiki,Takahito Hosoyamada,Muneo Uema,Saburo Kitamura,Ken Mitsuishi,Fumio Haruya,Mio Kato,Taeko Yoshida,Haruko Katō

Director

Yōichi Higashi

Writer

Shun Medoruma

Producer

Tetsujirô Yamagami

Cinematography

Takahiro Tsutai

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0425048