Lanterns on Blue Waters

Lanterns on Blue Waters

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Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 15, 1983

Runtime

1h 52m

Genres

Drama

User Score

52%

Original Title

波の盆

Production Companies

Nippon Television Network Corporation, TV Man Union

Director

Akio Jissoji

Description

The story of a Japanese man who as a 16-year-old went to Maui to work in the sugar cane fields in order to support his family back in Japan. Now 89 and still living in Hawaii he is visited by his granddaughter who brings him a letter from his disinherited and recently dead son. This brings back memories of his life with his wife and family following the attack on Pearl Harbor, in particular of his son who had gone off to join the war for the Americans.