Child of the Sun

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

September 13, 1980

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Cast

Junko Kuroda,Toyomasa Matsuda,Harumi Harada,Jun Hamamura,Chōichirō Kawarasaki,Shinobu Otake,Katsuhiko Sunaga,Toshitaka Itō,Mayumi Ozora,Taiji Tonoyamaand 7 more

Director

Kirio Urayama

Writer

Kirio Urayama,Kenjiro Haitani

Producer

Shohei Tokizane

Cinematography

Shôhei Andô

Music

Riichirō Manabe

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt1994569