Lanterns on Blue Waters (1983)

Summary

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.

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Cast
Crew

Chishū Ryū

as
Haruko Katō

as
Kiichi Nakai

as
Eri Ishida

as
Chisako Hara

as
Keizo Kanie

as
Isao Bitō

as
Yuki Kazamatsuri

as
Takeshi Ōbayashi

as
Ryoko Tateishi

as
Junichi Ishida

as
Jun Hamamura

as
Kōen Okumura

as
Michio Kida

as
Taku Kido

as
Makoto Mutsuura

as
Michio Inoue

as
Tsugiho Narita

as
Shirō Itō

as

Writing	Sō Kuramoto	Writer
Directing	Akio Jissoji	Director
Lighting	Kenji Ushiba	Lighting Technician
Sound	Toru Takemitsu	Original Music Composer
Camera	Masao Nakabori	Director of Photography
Editing	Keiichi Uraoka	Editor
Art	Noriyoshi Ikeya	Art Direction
Production	Shigeru Umetani	Executive Producer