Star Sand (2017)
Overview
In the closing days of World War II, Japanese-American Hiromi, a girl age 16, encounters an American deserter, Bob, and a Japanese soldier, Iwabuchi, living together in a cave on a small island in Okinawa. The two men are deserters from their armies; yet both vow never to harm another human being again. Hiromi looks after the deserters until another soldier appears and the peace of the cave is shattered. It leads to the death of three of them and a fascinating mystery that isn't solved until the present day.
Cast
Lisa Oda
Hiromi Umeno
Riho Yoshioka
Shiho Hosaka
Shinnosuke Mitsushima
Takayasu Iwabuchi
Brandon McClelland
Bob
Takahiro Miura
Iwabuchi
Shinobu Terajima
Gima
Makiko Watanabe
Yoshigami
Renji Ishibashi
Professor Shiroma
Mako Midori
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