is a 1984 Japanese film. Describing the impact of the

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from the perspective of the inhabitants of a small, rural island community, the film featured the big screen debut of actor

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. The film was selected as the Japanese entry for the

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at the

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Cast

* Takaya Yamauchi as Ryuta * Yoshiyuki Omori as Saburo *

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as Takeme "Mume" Hatano *

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as Komako *

Hideji Ōtaki was a Japanese actor. He has served as President of the Mingei Theatre Company. Career After serving in World War II, he became interested in the theater and helped found the Gekidan Mingei troupe in 1950. He gained fame for his television wo ...

as Ashigara *

Haruko Kato was a Japanese actress. Biography Haruko Kato was born in Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo, on 24 November 1922. After training at acting school, she was signed up with the film production company Toho in 1939, debuting in ' in the same year. She marr ...

as Haru *

as Tetsuo *

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as Tome *

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as Masao Nakai

Production

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-Art direction

Location

Filmed on Manabeshima, a small island fishing community in the Kasaoka Islands, of

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on the

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* * 1984 films 1984 drama films Films directed by Masahiro Shinoda Japanese drama films 1980s Japanese-language films 1980s Japanese films {{1980s-Japan-film-stub

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