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Via Okinawa

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Original title

A Sign Days

Year

1989

Running time

111 min.

Country

Japan

Director

Yoichi Sai

Screenwriter

Yoichi Sai, Hiroshi Takahashi

Cast

Cinematography

Takeshi Hamada

Producer

Daiei Eiga

Genre

Drama | Biography

Synopsis

Set during the Vietnam War in 1968 the story revolves around a sixteen-year old girl who is a hapa and living in Okinawa. She works at a restaurant which caters to the hordes of American GIs as customer. There she meets a guy who is the leader of a local rock band one day. They go steady. She joins a band with him and begin making music together. Their lives begin to change as Okinawa transitions back to partial Japanese control and the band makes progress. The film is based on the life of singer Marie Kyan of Marie With Medusa.

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Via Okinawa

1989

Yoichi Sai