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Lanterns on Blue Waters
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Lanterns on Blue Waters

1983
Directed byAkio Jissoji
1h 52m

The story of a Japanese man who as a 16-year-old went to Maui to work in the sugar cane fields in order to support his family back in Japan. Now 89 and still living in Hawaii he is visited by his granddaughter who brings him a letter from his disinherited and recently dead son. This brings back memories of his life with his wife and family following the attack on Pearl Harbor, in particular of his son who had gone off to join the war for the Americans.

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Chishū RyūHaruko Katō
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GENRES
Drama
STATUSReleased
RATING
5.2

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