Lanterns on Blue Waters

(1983)

★ 5.8 IMDb · 5 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1983

Runtime: 112 мин

Country: Japan

Director: 実相寺昭雄

Cast: 笠智衆, Харуко Като, 中井貴一, Эри Исида, 原知佐子, 蟹江敬三, 尾藤イサオ, 風祭ゆき, 大林丈史, 立石凉子

Plot

The story of a Japanese man who as a 16-year-old went to Maui to work in the sugar cane fields in order to support his family back in Japan. Now 89 and still living in Hawaii he is visited by his granddaughter who brings him a letter from his disinherited and recently dead son. This brings back memories of his life with his wife and family following the attack on Pearl Harbor, in particular of his son who had gone off to join the war for the Americans.