With the background of the Battle of Okinawa, he draws a semi-documentary image of each individual person under an unusual psychological state of war. Furukawa Takumi of “Backlight” is adapted and directed by Daiichi Ishino. Filmed by Yoshio Mamiya, “Smuggling of the body”. The main performers are Sachiko Sakai since the “Zoi Family”, Hiroyuki Nagato of the “Next door bride”, Shoji Yasui of the “Sentimental wife”, Takatoko of “Crying, the last Japanese fighter”, “Blue angry” Noriko Katsura, Shinzo three of "actress (1956)", Masao Oda, Nobuo Kaneko, Toru Abe, Hiroshi Nihonyanagi, Misako Tsubouchi.
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Sachiko Hidari
Known for
The Insect Woman
A Fugitive from the Past
Hiroyuki Nagato
Known for
Pigs and Battleships
The Insect Woman
Shōji Yasui
Known for
The Burmese Harp
Nobuo Kaneko
Known for
Ikiru
Shōgun
Tomoko Kō
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Our Town
Pure Emotions of the Sea
Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi
Known for
Early Summer
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
Takumi Furukawa Director
First release November 21, 1956 · Produced in Japan · Original title 沖縄の民
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Nikkatsu Corporation
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Japan
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Original title
沖縄の民
Original language
Japanese
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Japanese
Release dates
Japan · November 21, 1956
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