Go Takamine's first theatrical feature is a pioneering work of Okinawan cinema, filmed almost entirely in Okinawan dialect. Taking place shortly before the resumption of Japanese sovereignty over Okinawa, Takamine’s film tacitly addresses the island prefecture's complicated history of occupation and feelings of dislocation through the story of a small community and its preparations for a wedding between a local girl and a Japanese teacher. On the periphery of these events is Reishu (Kaoru Kobayashi), who quits his job on a US military base and uses the extra time to catch snakes and play with ants – and get the bride-to-be pregnant. Takamine’s leisurely-paced film is full of uniquely Okinawan touches that mix in aspects of the island's folklore, accompanied by Haruomi Hosono’s spare and evocative score.
Rheme Maining Sources
Documentary
6.8
Test
Animation, Drama
7.2
Projota - AMADMOL (A Milenar Arte de Meter o Louco)
6.1
Cherrie - ut ur mörkret
Documentary, TV Movie
6.0
Red
Comedy
5.5
Big Sur Gay Porn
Documentary
8.5
Avatar
Drama
6.4
Scooby-Doo! and the Pirates
Animation, Family, Comedy, Mystery
9.5
Object: Alimony
Drama
6.0
Red
Drama
5.8
Re-re-repeat
7.6
Change
Adventure, Documentary
9.5
Star
Comedy, Action
6.9
Test
Drama
5.9
Star
Romance, Drama
6.1
Test
Drama, Science Fiction
7.6
Av
Drama, Adventure, Romance
5.1
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Adventure, Fantasy, Action
7.3
Through Main Street with an Orchestra
Comedy, Romance, Drama
6.0
The Karate Kid Part II
Adventure, Drama, Action, Romance, Family
6.3
All About Lily Chou-Chou
Drama, Crime
7.3
Revival Blues
Drama
0.0
The Man Who Changed Okinawa
Drama
9.0
The Great Okinawa Yakuza War
Drama, Action, Crime
7.0
Flying Leathernecks
War, Action, Drama
5.9
Check It Out, Yo!
Music, Drama
5.2
The Teahouse of the August Moon
Comedy
6.0
Untama giru
Drama, Comedy, Fantasy
4.7
Boiling Point
Crime, Comedy, Drama
6.9
Okinawa Rendez-vous
Drama, Romance, Comedy
6.0
Okinawa
Drama
0.0
Tora-san's Tropical Fever
Comedy, Family, Drama, Romance
8.0
Hacksaw Ridge
Drama, History, War
8.2
Himawari -Okinawa wa Wasurenai, Ano Nichi no Sora o-
Drama
0.0
Mom's Celestial Robe of Feathers
Drama
7.5
Star Sand
Drama, War
7.0
Sympathy for the Underdog
Drama, Action, Crime
7.2
The First Breath of Tengan Rei
Drama, Thriller
0.0
A Far Shore
Drama
6.5