Child of the Sun

Child of the Sun

142 mins | Sept. 13, 1980

A couple originally from Okinawa run an inexpensive restaurant in Kobe, with their grade-school daughter, Fuuchan. The movie depicts the warm interaction between her and adults that grew up with the rough history of Okinawa and discrimination from the mainland. Shots partly on location at beach of Itoman, Yogi Park and Hateruma Island. This is the movie version of the well-known novel by Kenjiro Haitani.

Child of the Sun

142 mins | Sept. 13, 1980

Child of the Sun
A couple originally from Okinawa run an inexpensive restaurant in Kobe, with their grade-school daughter, Fuuchan. The movie depicts the warm interaction between her and adults that grew up with the rough history of Okinawa and discrimination from the mainland. Shots partly on location at beach of Itoman, Yogi Park and Hateruma Island. This is the movie version of the well-known novel by Kenjiro Haitani.
Producers
Original title 太陽の子 てだのふあ
Directors Kazuo Hara, Taku Shinjo, Kirio Urayama
Writers Kenjiro Haitani, Kirio Urayama

Cast

Junko Kuroda

as Kiyoshi's mother

Hideji Ôtaki

as Detective A

Shuntaro Tamamura

as Detective B