In the closing days of World War II, Japanese-American Hiromi, a girl age 16, encounters an American deserter, Bob, and a Japanese soldier, Iwabuchi, living together in a cave on a small island in Okinawa. The two men are deserters from their armies; yet both vow never to harm another human being again. Hiromi looks after the deserters until another soldier appears and the peace of the cave is shattered. It leads to the death of three of them and a fascinating mystery that isn't solved until the present day.
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Lisa Oda
Hiromi Umeno
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Ryuichi Sakamoto
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Roger Pulvers
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Brandon McClelland
Bob
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Takahiro Miura
Iwabuchi
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Roger Pulvers Director · Takuto Tanaka Composer Shinji Ogawa Cinematographer
First release April 22, 2017 · Produced in Japan · Original title STAR SAND — 星砂物語 —
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SOUL AGE
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Japan
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Original title
STAR SAND — 星砂物語 —
Original language
Japanese
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Japanese
Release dates
Japan · April 22, 2017
Premiere · Okinawa International Movie Festival
Japan · August 4, 2017
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