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Island of Loves

Film

Island of Loves

6.4

2h 50m

1982

Synopsis

This film depicts the life of the 19th-century Portuguese writer Wenceslau De Moraes by means of nine ancient ballads from China. The writer married a Chinese woman after he left his wife and family to go live in Macao. Later, he moved to Japan where he fell in love with a Japanese woman, staying in Japan for the rest of his life. Mixed in with the career and loves of Moraes is the history of Portugal at home and in its colonies.

Director

Paulo Rocha

Drama

japanportugal

Cast & Crew

Luis Miguel Cintra

Luis Miguel Cintra

as Wenceslau de Moraes

Clara Joana

as Isabel / Vénus

Zita Duarte

Zita Duarte

as Francesca

Jorge Silva Melo

Jorge Silva Melo

as Painter

Paulo Rocha

Paulo Rocha

as Camilo Pessanha

Yoshiko Mita

Yoshiko Mita

as O-Yoné

Atsuko Murakumo

as Ko-Haru

Jun Toyokawa

as Asataro

Erl Tenni

as Atchan

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