Movielogr
Lanterns on Blue Waters (1983)
Directed by Akio Jissoji
Overview
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.
Length 112 minutes
Actors
Chishū Ryū | Haruko Kato | Kiichi Nakai | Eri Ishida | Chisako Hara | Keizo Kanie | Isao Bito | Yuki Kazamatsuri | Takeshi Ôbayashi | Ryôko Tateishi | Junichi Ishida | Jun Hamamura | Kôen Okumura | Michio Kida | Taku Kido | Makoto Mutsuura | Michio Inoue | Tsugiho Narita | Shirô Itô