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Yôichi Sai

A Sign Days Via Okinawa (Via okinawa)

Edition 1989
111' - 1989 - Drama, Biography - Dialogue: Japanese
Director: Yôichi Sai With: Anna Nakagawa, Ryo Ishibashi, Leona Hirota

Eri is the daughter of an American GI and an Okinawan mother. Her mixed parentage creates problems for her. Soon after entering school, Eri takes a part-time job, moves out of her family home and takes a small apartment in town. She is trying to make her own way in the world.

She meets Sachio, the leader of a rock band. Sachio is an earthy young musician who was brought up on BC Street in Koza, the town that grew like a cancer around the gate at the US base of Kadena. They marry one week later. And during summer she falls pregnant and leaves school... (pressbook)

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Credits

Director

Yôichi Sai

With

Anna Nakagawa, Ryo Ishibashi, Leona Hirota

Director of Photography

Takeshi Hamada

Editor

Isao Tomita

Producer

Hiroshi Yamamoto

More information

Dialogue

Japanese

Countries of production

Japan

Year

1989

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