The read
A Balasaur Score of 60 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.3/10.
Synopsis
14-year-old Sunaoko travels from Tokyo to Naha, Okinawa, with her father’s young fiancée Momoko in search of her half-brother whom she has never met. Their guide, a beer-guzzling ex-soldier, takes them to the locale’s tourist attractions, quickly delving into the underlying scars of the island’s wartime history.
Ratings
IMDb6.3/10
8 audience votes
Key crew
- Nagisa ŌshimaWriter
- Nagisa ŌshimaDirector
- Tsutomu TamuraWriter
- Mamoru SasakiWriter
- Tōru TakemitsuOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Hiromi KuritaSunaoko Kikuchi
- Hōsei KomatsuKôsuke Kikuchi
- LilyMomoko Kofujida
- Akiko KoyamaTsuru Ômura
- Shōji IshibashiTsuruo Ômura
- Kei SatōShinkô Kuniyoshi
- Taiji TonoyamaTakuzo Sakurada
- Rokkō TouraRintoku Teruya
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Themes
islandmistaken identityhalf-brothersummer