She took the colonizer's son. The ocean remembers everything.
An Okinawan woman kidnaps the teenage son of a U.S. Marine convicted of raping her when she was a girl.
Acting
Erika Oda's silence speaks entire histories.
Cinematography
Okinawa's waters hold the frame like grief.
Direction
Directors spent 5 years researching military assault cases.
Director
Junko Kajino
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on real unprosecuted military assault cases in Okinawa; locals call it 'the island of buried screams.'
The 72-minute runtime matches the average window between reported base crimes and dropped charges in 2009 Okinawa.
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