Bloody Snake Under the Sun

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Movie: Bloody Snake Under the Sun
Romaji: Habu to Genkotsu
Japanese: ハブと拳骨
Director: Yu Nakai
Writer: Kiyotaka Inagaki
Producer: Takahiro Yamashita
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Premiere: October 22, 2007 (Tokyo International Film Festival)
Theatrical Release Date: June 21, 2008
Runtime: 124 min.
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Notes

Movie is set in 1960's era Okinawa, but the movie was filmed on location in Thailand.

Plot

The film is based on a true story about an Okinawan sansen (3 stringed guitar) player named Ryo and his experiences growing up in Okinawa in 1968. Ryo meets an American military solider named George, and they discover that they have more similarities than differences. The atmosphere of the film is heavily charged with discrimination and prejudice- Okinawans and Japanese (yes there is a difference-big difference in fact), US military and Japanese/Okinawans, officers and enlisted soldiers- and takes place with echoes of the civil rights movement lingering in the backdrop.

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