Child of the Sun

movie

movie poster for Child of the Sun

Released September 13, 1980

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.

Runtime

2h 22m


Origin Country

Japan


Original Language

Japanese


Original Title

太陽の子 てだのふあ


Status

Released


Production Countries

  • Japan

Spoken Languages

  • 日本語 (Japanese)

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Posters

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