Star Sand

Star Sand

110 mins | Drama, War | Aug. 4, 2017

In the closing days of World War II, Japanese-American Hiromi, a girl age 16, encounters an American deserter, Bob, and a Japanese soldier, Iwabuchi, living together in a cave on a small island in Okinawa. The two men are deserters from their armies; yet both vow never to harm another human being again. Hiromi looks after the deserters until another soldier appears and the peace of the cave is shattered. It leads to the death of three of them and a fascinating mystery that isn't solved until the present day.

Star Sand

110 mins | Drama, War | Aug. 4, 2017

Star Sand
In the closing days of World War II, Japanese-American Hiromi, a girl age 16, encounters an American deserter, Bob, and a Japanese soldier, Iwabuchi, living together in a cave on a small island in Okinawa. The two men are deserters from their armies; yet both vow never to harm another human being again. Hiromi looks after the deserters until another soldier appears and the peace of the cave is shattered. It leads to the death of three of them and a fascinating mystery that isn't solved until the present day.
Producers
Original title STAR SAND — 星砂物語 —
Directors Roger Pulvers
Writers Roger Pulvers

Cast

Lisa Oda

as Hiromi Umeno

Riho Yoshioka

as Shiho Hosaka

Shinnosuke Mitsushima

as Takayasu Iwabuchi

Takahiro Miura

as Iwabuchi

Makiko Watanabe

as Yoshigami

Renji Ishibashi

as Professor Shiroma

Mako Midori

as Hiromi (elderly)