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Song of the Canefields

Film

Song of the Canefields

7.7

2h 39m

2003

Synopsis

Hirayama Koichi and his wife Michiko eloped from Osaka to Okinawa, where they lived happily with their five children. When war erupts, their eldest son is drafted into the Imperial army. As fighting spreads, the family takes refuge far from the city, but soon, child after child is drafted to serve in various branches of the military and in organizations supporting the war cause. Koichi himself is faced with a moral dilemma when he is ordered to kill a wounded American soldier.

Director

Katsuo Fukuzawa

TV MovieDramaWar

Cast & Crew

Sanma Akashiya

Sanma Akashiya

Hitomi Kuroki

Hitomi Kuroki

Kenji Sakaguchi

Kenji Sakaguchi

Yukie Nakama

Yukie Nakama

Aya Ueto

Aya Ueto

Ryo Katsuji

Ryo Katsuji

Natsumi Ohira

Emi Ikehata

Emi Ikehata

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