Child of the Sun

Name: Child of the Sun
Released: 1980
Duration: 142 min
Cast: Harumi Harada, Chōichirō Kawarasaki, Mayumi Ozora, Masane Tsukayama, Junko Kuroda

1980

2h 22min

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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.