Song of the Canefields

2003 2h 39m JA

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8.0

BANGER

★8.0TMDB · 5

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Synopsis

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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.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Sanma Akashiya
Hitomi Kuroki
Kenji Sakaguchi
Yukie Nakama
Aya Ueto
Ryo Katsuji
Natsumi Ohira
Emi Ikehata

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Katsuo Fukuzawa
Writers: Kazuhiko Yukawa
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Clocks in at 159 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.

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2 / 7

ERA

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Released 23 years ago.

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3 / 7

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 7

ERA

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Original score by Naohiko Terashima. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 7

CAST

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Sanma Akashiya and Hitomi Kuroki and Kenji Sakaguchi carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0471372 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 5 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Katsuo Fukuzawa directs. Naohiko Terashima scores. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Clocks in at 159 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
2Released 23 years ago.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Original score by Naohiko Terashima. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Sanma Akashiya and Hitomi Kuroki and Kenji Sakaguchi carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt0471372 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 5 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.