Lanterns on Blue Waters

Name: Lanterns on Blue Waters
Genre: Drama
Released: 1983-11-15
Duration: 112 min
Rating: 5.8
Cast: Chishū Ryū, Haruko Katou, Kiichi Nakai, Eri Ishida, Chisako Hara

波の盆

1983 1 h 52 min

Drama

58%

Audience score5 votes on TMDB

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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.

Screenplay: Sō Kuramoto
Director: Akio Jissoji
Music: Tōru Takemitsu
Status: Released
Release date: 15/11/1983
Original language: Japanese