Taro Okamoto's Okinawa

2h 7m

Taro Okamoto (1911-1996), one of Japan's most famous artists, traveled to Okinawa in 1959 and 1966. The reason for these trips was his journey to rediscover Japan, in search of his identity as a Japanese person. More than 60 years ago, Okamoto captured the "poignant tenderness of life" of the people, and concluded: "It is in Okinawa that we can find the lost. In Okinawa, I rediscovered myself for the first time." This documentary goes on a journey through Okinawa led by Okamoto himself, 50 years after Okinawa's reversion to Japan.

Cast

Arata Iura

Narrator

Tarō Okamoto

Himself (archive footage)

Crew

Yoshihisa Katsurayama

Director, Editor, Producer, Compositor

Taro Okamoto's Okinawa

Cast

Crew

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