Song of the Canefields
Overview
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.
About Song of the Canefields (2003)
Released in 2003, Song of the Canefields is a tv movie, drama and war film from TBS (Japan). It was directed by Katsuo Fukuzawa and written by Kazuhiko Yukawa. The cast is led by Sanma Akashiya, Hitomi Kuroki, Kenji Sakaguchi, Yukie Nakama and Aya Ueto. With a runtime of 2h 39m, the film averages 8.0/10 across 5 TMDB ratings.
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