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Child of the Sun

19802h 22mKirio Urayama

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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.

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What is Child of the Sun (1980) about?

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…

Who stars in Child of the Sun?

Child of the Sun stars Harumi Harada, Chōichirō Kawarasaki, Mayumi Ozora, Masane Tsukayama, Junko Kuroda (Kiyoshi's mother). The film was directed by Kirio Urayama.

How long is Child of the Sun?

Child of the Sun has a runtime of 2 min and premiered in 1980.

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