Top Cast
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Ai Sasaki
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Kan'emon Nakamura
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Takeo Chii
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Rokkō Toura
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Yoshi Katō
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Sumie Sasaki
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Yasuhiko Ishizu
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Tony Wada
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Chōko Iida
Overview
A group of teenagers grow up in Okinawa amid the protests and resistance against the presence of the American base in the island.
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