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Release Date:
September 13, 1980
Original Title:
太陽の子 てだのふあ
Alternate Titles:
Taiyō no ko: Teda no fua
太陽の子
Production Countries:
Japan
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 142
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.
Art Direction:
Takeharu Sakaguchi
Assistant Director:
Kazuo Hara
Taku Shinjo
Assistant Editor:
Shuichi Kakesu
Director:
Kirio Urayama
Director of Photography:
Shōhei Andō
Editor:
Hajime Okayasu
Executive Producer:
Shohei Tokizane
Lighting Technician:
Hideo Kumagai
Novel:
Kenjiro Haitani
Original Music Composer:
Riichirō Manabe
Screenplay:
Kirio Urayama
Sound Recordist:
Koshiro Jinbo
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