Child of the Sun

Child of the Sun

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 13, 1980

Runtime

2h 22m

Original Title

太陽の子 てだのふあ

Director

Kirio Urayama

Description

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.