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Lanterns on Blue Waters (1983) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1983 · 112 mins · Japanese
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- Directed by
- Akio Jissoji
- Starring
- Chishû Ryû, Kiichi Nakai, Eri Ishida, Keizo Kanie, Haruko Katō, Shirō Itō
A Japanese man left home at sixteen to work Maui’s sugar‑cane fields and support his family in Japan. Now 89 and still in Hawaii, his granddaughter brings a letter from his disinherited, recently deceased son. The letter revives memories of life after Pearl Harbor, his marriage, and his son who fought for the United States in World War II.
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