Sayon's Bell

Sayon's Bell

92 mins | July 1, 1943

Based on the true story of a 17-year old Atayal girl called Sayun Hayun from Nan'oku village, Giran district, Taihoku Prefecture (in current Taiwan) who went missing and was thought to have drowned whilst helping carry the luggage of her teacher Masaki Takita during a storm in 1938.

Sayon's Bell

92 mins | July 1, 1943

Sayon's Bell
Based on the true story of a 17-year old Atayal girl called Sayun Hayun from Nan'oku village, Giran district, Taihoku Prefecture (in current Taiwan) who went missing and was thought to have drowned whilst helping carry the luggage of her teacher Masaki Takita during a storm in 1938.
Producers Shochiku Co., Ltd.
Original title サヨンの鐘
Directors Hiroshi Shimizu
Writers Torashiro Saito, Toyojirô Nagashima, Kihan Nagase

Cast

Toshiaki Konoe

as Takeda

Kenji Oyama

as Murai

Hiroshi Mizuhara

as Sayon's father