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Japan
6.8 1h 46m

The Crying Wind

Seikichi, makes his living fishing from a small boat off the coast of Okinawa. He and his 12-year-old grandson Akira live in a small, tree-lined village in the northern part of the island which is surrounded by a white-sand beach and plots of pine and flowering bushes. On the cliff that skirts the shore sits an open-air burial ground containing the skull of a kamikaze pilot who was shot down during the last days of World War II. When the wind blows through the bullet hole in the skull, it produces a whistling sound. The locals call it the "Crying Head."

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Top Cast

  • Muneo Uema

    Muneo Uema

    Seikichi Toma

  • Haruko Katō

    Haruko Katō

    Shiho Fujino

  • Miho Tsumiki

    Miho Tsumiki

    Kazue Shimazaki

  • Ken Mitsuishi

    Ken Mitsuishi

    Hisaki Shimazaki

  • Saburo Kitamura

    Saburo Kitamura

    Ishikawa

  • Taeko Yoshida

    Taeko Yoshida

    Makoto Kinjo

  • Fumio Haruya

    Fumio Haruya

  • Takahito Hosoyamada

    Takahito Hosoyamada

    Shinichi Kano

  • Mio Kato

    Mio Kato

    Shiho at the age of 17

Overview

Seikichi, makes his living fishing from a small boat off the coast of Okinawa. He and his 12-year-old grandson Akira live in a small, tree-lined village in the northern part of the island which is surrounded by a white-sand beach and plots of pine and flowering bushes. On the cliff that skirts the shore sits an open-air burial ground containing the skull of a kamikaze pilot who was shot down during the last days of World War II. When the wind blows through the bullet hole in the skull, it produces a whistling sound. The locals call it the "Crying Head."

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6.8 / 10
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6.7 2020