The Crying Wind
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Seikichi, makes his living fishing from a small boat off the coast of Okinawa. He and his 12-year-old grandson Akira live in a small, tree-lined village in the northern part of the island which is surrounded by a white-sand beach and plots of pine and flowering bushes. On the cliff that skirts the shore sits an open-air burial ground containing the skull of a kamikaze pilot who was shot down during the last days of World War II. When the wind blows through the bullet hole in the skull, it produces a whistling sound. The locals call it the "Crying Head."
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Cast
17 people
Muneo Uema
Seikichi Toma
Haruko Katou
Shiho Fujino
Known for
Howl's Moving Castle
Kiki's Delivery Service
Yōichi Higashi
Tetsujirô Yamagami
Hirohide Shibata
Medoruma Shun
Miho Tsumiki
Kazue Shimazaki
Known for
Another
Ken Mitsuishi
Hisaki Shimazaki
Known for
THE DAYS
Audition
Takahiro Tsutai
Saburo Kitamura
Ishikawa
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Paradise View
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Tomoya Iju
Masashi Shimazaki
Shun Medoruma
Yōichi Higashi Director · Shun Medoruma Writer Takahiro Tsutai Cinematographer
First release July 31, 2004 · Produced in Japan · Production Eisei Gekijo
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SIGLO
Production
Eisei Gekijo
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Japan
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Original title
風音
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · July 31, 2004
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Canada
September 2, 2004 · Montréal Festival du Monde
Japan
September 15, 2004 · Theatrical
Poland
October 9, 2005 · Warsaw Film Festival
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