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Child of the Sun
Released September 13, 1980Runtime 2h 22min

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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      • Japan
      Finances
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      Cast
      posterHarumi Harada
      posterChōichirō Kawarasaki
      posterMayumi Ozora
      posterMasane Tsukayama
      posterJunko KurodaKiyoshi's mother
      posterJun Hamamura
      posterShōji Ishibashi
      posterSadao China
      posterToyomasa Matsuda
      posterToshitaka Itō
      posterTaiji Tonoyama
      posterHideji ŌtakiDetective A
      posterShuntaro TamamuraDetective B
      posterMieko Nishio
      posterKatsuhiko Sunaga
      posterHarumi Sakai
      posterShinobu Otake
      Crew
      posterKirio UrayamaDirector
      posterKazuo HaraAssistant Director
      posterTaku ShinjoAssistant Director
      posterKirio UrayamaScreenplay
      posterKenjiro HaitaniNovel
      posterShohei TokizaneExecutive Producer
      posterShuichi KakesuAssistant Editor
      posterShōhei AndōDirector of Photography
      posterHideo KumagaiLighting Technician
      posterTakeharu SakaguchiArt Direction
      posterKoshiro JinboSound Recordist
      posterRiichirō ManabeOriginal Music Composer
      posterHajime OkayasuEditor